“Big Sister Shui is so beautiful!” Li Weiwei’s hands were clasped tightly, and her eyes had practically become stars.
Yet Ji Yun’er sighed lightly in her heart. She was was a bit like Shui Yanyu as she, too, had no power over her own marriage. Hence, it was nothing good to be beautiful and possess high talent… unless she was monstrous enough to reach the level of the empress of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire. Only then would she be able to take control of her own destiny.
“I have cultivated to the battle prowess of 20 Stars of Shattering Void Tier, so I can still give you some guidance,” Shui Yanyu said. Her voice was sweet, and hearing her speak would make one feel great enjoyment.
“First, let’s talk about why we should aim for twenty Stars of Shattering Void Tier?”
A student raised his head, and said, “I know!” Though he knew that the beauty was already taken, he still wanted to make a good impression on this exquisite beauty. “The higher the battle prowess in the Shattering Void Tier, then the stronger your battle prowess would be in the Immortal level.”
Shui Yanyu nodded, and said, “That’s right. The living beings in the Immortal level really have too long of a lifespan. For example, once you step into the Mountain River Tier, you would have a lifespan of 100,000 years. Advancing every minor level would add on another 100,000 years. However, precisely because of that, advancement through the cultivation levels would be increasingly slower and slower, so it would be considered not too bad even if you could only break through once every few millennia.
“As a result, we would spent a hundred years at most in the Shattering Void Tier to aim for the highest battle prowess, yet could benefit in the next 100,000 years or even next ten million years.
“Hence, I advise everyone to definitely be patient. Even if you do not rush up to battle prowess of twenty Stars, you should at least reach eighteen Stars.”
Ling Han nodded internally. However, he was slightly confused as well. Even Wu Gaoyuan, Xiao Miaoyan, and the others had reached battle prowess of eighteen Stars, so how could Yi Shuang Shuang only have battle prowess of fifteen Stars?
In her strongest condition, she was an elite of the Sun Moon Tier. Then, it was obvious that the force behind her had to surpass the five sects in power.
But, even the five sects could nurture an heir with eighteen Stars of Shattering Void Tier, so why was she so inferior?
In a small world, battle prowess reaching fifteen Stars was indeed extremely amazing, but in the Immortal Realm… Most likely everyone in this classroom had that kind of battle prowess, so it was not uncommon at all.
He would ask her when he saw her again.
Shui Yanyu paused for a moment, then said, “Now, I will share some insight with you about aiming for the extreme limit of battle prowess.”
Indeed, she hid nothing, and explained clearly about her experiences on how she had rushed up to twenty Stars of Shattering Void Tier, but as everyone listened, they gaped in amazement. They really could not tell just from looking that this extremely alluring beauty would actually work so hard. According to how she had done things, it was very possible that she could have died.
Ling Han suddenly opened his mouth, and asked, “Excuse me, Teacher Shui. How can we develop our pure strength to twenty Stars of Shattering Void Tier?
The classroom was completely silent before tumultuous laughter broke out.
“I’m about to laugh myself to death. What kind of foolish nonsense is that? How could it be possible that strength could reach twenty Stars!”
“Haha, if one’s strength could reach twenty Stars of Shattering Void Tier, then how many Stars could his battle prowess reach?”
“25 Stars? 30 Stars?”
“Don’t think nonsense; that is not possible!”
“He’s really proving himself to have come from a small world, actually asking such a boorish question.”
Yet Shui Yanyu waved her hand, and answered solemnly, “According to the research of former sages, after we have cultivated our Origin Power to the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, we would only have four Stars’ worth of space for improvement at most. The physical body is the same; there is similarly only four Stars left to improve.”
It was different when a beautiful woman was talking, and everyone immediately silenced.
“But going by that calculation, the extreme limit of strength would be 17 Stars, and there is still a slight gap from 20 Stars.”
Shui Yanyu’s eyes swept over the class, and she said, “Let me tell all of you, strength of 20 Stars of Shattering Void Tier does indeed exist!”
“What!?” they all exclaimed in shock. This was too inconceivable, and had completely shattered their perceptions.
“Years ago, Xu Ran, Senior Xu, reached strength of 20 Stars of Shattering Void Tier when none before had done so, and none afterward did, either!” Shui Yanyu’s beautiful eyes were bright, and her gaze revealed powerful admiration.
If Xu Ran suddenly appeared, it might be that he would not need more than a few words to win the heart of this beautiful woman.
“Then how would we make up for these three Stars of strength?” someone questioned.
Shui Yanyu shook her head, then answered, “This is humanly impossible as one would need the aid of the heavens. For example, you could accomplish some amazing feat and obtain the approval of the heavens and earth.”
A thought flashed in Li Weiwei’s mind, and she asked, “Big Sister Shui, if one has come by splitting open the sky of a small world, would they get the aid of the heavens?”
Shui Yanyu thought for a moment, then replied, “There has never been a small world that has appeared in the Joint Peace Planet by splitting open the sky, so I am unsure. However, if one can split open the sky, this is indeed an amazing, great feat, so it would not be impossible for him to be rewarded richly by the heavens and earth.”
Li Weiwei nodded. The Great Ling Empire had come by opening their sky, and this was no secret among the higher-ups of the nation. However, the Great Ling Empire was really too weak, so which great figure would take it to heart?
Thus, among the younger generation, she was the only one aware that Ling Han was an emperor that had come by opening the sky!
Hiss, this guy had been capable of opening the sky, so his battle prowess was bound to have reached 20 Stars, and with the additional reward from the heavens and earth, how powerful could his present battle prowess be?
Li Weiwei’s eyes instantly widened.
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Yet Ling Han thought of something else.
In theory, it would be the inhabitants of the Immortal Realm that could not cultivate to 20 Stars of Shattering Void Tier, because the final three Stars of strength was an unbreachable gap. Only people of a small world, through the bountiful rewards obtained from opening the sky, would be able to gain those additional three Stars of strength.
From a certain aspect, it was fair. You, as an inhabitant of the Immortal Realm, enjoyed an endless supply of resources from birth, so you would have to make some kind of sacrifice in exchange.
Of course, this kind of sacrifice was practically negligible. Just look at how many years the Joint Peace Planet had existed, yet how many small worlds arrived by opening their sky in these many years?
However, what qualified Xu Ran to reach strength of 20 Stars of Shattering Void Tier, then?
He had to have come by splitting open the sky!
Why weren’t there any legends about him? Even Xiang Chengyun thought that Ling Han was the first person in history to come by splitting open the sky, but there obviously had appeared another one 300,000 years ago.
Perhaps some kind of secret was hidden behind this.
Xu Ran appeared 300,000 years ago. He stayed in the Scarlet Heaven Academy for only 300 years, and when he reached the peak of perfection of the Mountain River Tier, he left the Chaotic Stars Majestic
Empire, and perhaps even Joint Peace Planet. From then, all information about him was lost.
Shui Yanyu said, “If you want to attain strength of 20 Stars of Shattering Void Tier, you have to do three things simultaneously. First, you have to increase your Origin Power; second, increase the strength of your physical body; third, increase the might of your secret techniques.
“Today, we shall begin from increasing the strength of the physical body, and this is also the easiest place to start.”
She guided the students in their cultivation; this was really very simple. Just shatter all the bones in the body, then use a secret technique to temper them before restructuring your skeletal structure again.
Once could only increase a little bit of the toughness of your physical body, but tempering for a hundred times, your body could become as tough as steel.
Hearing her say such an understatement, they all felt a muscle in their faces twitch. This was too frightening, right? How many could bear such agony? If they could knock themselves unconscious, and could complete the tempering under a completely ignorant, unaware state, that’d be fine. However, this required you to maintain awareness, and take the initiative to make the sacrifices to activate the process to be able to obtain the desired effects.
Everyone understood the logic, but to accomplish it? It was really too difficult!
Thankfully, they did not need to aim for strength of 20 Stars—it was enough for them to push their battle prowess up to 20 Stars. This, in comparison, was much easier, and there was no need to torture themselves so horribly.
The day ended, and they all felt a ripple in their hearts due to Shui Yanyu’s outstanding beauty and grace, but also felt slight respectful fear towards her, worrying that she would force them to break all the bones in their bodies. This was definitely no joking matter.
Thankfully, Shui Yanyu also had to work on her own cultivation. Hence, they only had to go to class once every five days. At other times, they would be cultivating on their own. If they had any question, they had to keep it for next class.
The teachers in the Academy naturally could not compare to masters that were taken through the proper rites. This was not a real master-disciple relationship, but merely passing on of their skill.
Ling Han called Li Weiwei out and headed to his place of residence. Ji Yun’er followed suit.
“Hey, you’re acting so mysterious. What actually did you want to say?” Li Weiwei was an impatient person, and could no longer refrain from asking the moment they entered the courtyard.
Ling Han chuckled, and said, “I want to treat the both of you to a meal.”
“Tsk!” Li Weiwei immediately scoffed. Do you think I haven’t eaten exotic delicacies? To actually use this kind of method to bribe me? Hold on!” She stared at Ling Han, and said, “Hey, hey, hey. It can’t be that you’ve put some drug in the food, and plan to conspire against us, right? You animal, you actually want to kill two birds with one stone; how dirty!”
“Weiwei!” Ji Yun’er called out, her pretty face flushed bright red. Even she was astonished by the rich imagination this girl had.
Ling Han drew out food ingredients from the Black Tower, and began cooking. He said, “Take it or leave it; do you think I’m begging you to stay here??”
“I will not fall for your reverse psychology trick; that kind of ploy is something I’ve already done before I was three! Yi…” Li Weiwei suddenly took a sniff, and her eyes trained on the three pieces of meat on the grill, and then turned to glance at the soup on the side as well.
“Smells nice!” she said, moved.
“None of your business!” Ling Han said, smiling, “There’s poison inside this meat, so just stay and watch from the sidelines!”
“Hmph, if you dare to put poison in it, I’ll kill you!” Li Weiwei could not help but lick her lips, and said, “Blockhead, where did this meat come from? It smells great!”
Ling Han tossed her a look, then asked, “What is it? Do you want to eat?”
“Damn blockhead!” Li Weiwei humphed. “You really are petty. I just teased you a bit! Fine, I want to eat, so what about it? If you don’t like it, come and bite me!”
Ling Han was struck speechless. No wonder the Left Minister had such a headache about this beloved daughter of his. Indeed, she did not have the slightest bit of reserved nature a well-bred young lady should have. He smiled, and said, “I still have much of this type of food. So, I want to make a business deal with you!”
“You want to sell them to me? All right, however much you have, I’ll take them all,” Li Weiwei said with a casual wave of her hand, appearing to be very rich and overbearing.
Yet Ling Han looked at her doubtfully, and retorted, “How many True Origin Stones would you have? If you have less than 1000, then don’t tell me you’re rich!”
Li Weiwei opened her mouth to retort, but ultimately sighed in defeat. She really could not produce 1000 True Origin Stones. The nobler the clan, the stricter the restrictions would be on the expenditure of their juniors. That was because if you had a lot of wealth in your hands, you could possibly spend your time drinking and making merry. However, the young age was the golden period of cultivation, so how could you waste it foolishly like that?
Meanwhile, Ji Yun’er’s beautiful eyes lit up, and she asked, “So what Senior Brother Ling means is to sell these food ingredients to the various noble and prestigious clans?”
Ling Han clasped his hands, smiling, and said, “Junior Sister Ji is truly intelligent!” He was ranked first in this batch of freshmen, and thus, whether they were older or younger than him, all would have to address him as Senior Brother.
Li Weiwei was displeased, and mumbled, “What part of me is stupid?”
“However, this is not Spiritual Meat. No matter how delicious it is, I do not think anyone would be willing to pay True Origin Stones for it.” Ji Yun’er could tell that Ling Han obviously wanted True Origin Stones. Furthermore, he wanted a large amount.
“Spiritual Meat? What is Spiritual Meat?” Ling Han questioned.
Li Weiwei immediately scoffed, and answered, “You really are a country bumpkin, you don’t even know what Spiritual Meat is! Let me tell you, only Immortal level Demonic Beasts could nurture Spiritual Meat. That is the most essential part of them, and one could devour it directly. It would greatly replenish your energy, and could also improve your cultivation. The effects are even better than the True Origin Stones. Unfortunately, no matter how big the Demonic Beast is, the nurturing of Spiritual Meat is influenced by cultivation level. If the Demonic Beast is in the minor levels of the Mountain River Tier, there is only as small a piece as this.”
She demonstrated the size to be about the size of a thumb. It was really pitifully small. One had to know that Immortal level Demonic Beasts could reach the terrifying size of a small mountain.
Ling Han gave an “oh”. Then, he would have another channel to increase his cultivation. When he saw a piece of barbequed meat was about done, he removed it, and used a small knife to cut it into two pieces. Then he placed it on plates, and passed them to Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er, respectively. He said, “Try out the taste first. See if it’s worth paying True Origin Stones for.”
“Blockhead, you really didn’t put any drugs in it?” Li Weiwei’s face was filled with suspicion.
“If you’re not going to eat it, give it back to me!” Ling Han pretended he was about to take back the plate.
“Go away. Now that you’ve handed it into my hands, it belongs to me now. There’s no way you’re taking it back!” Li Weiwei hurriedly defended her food. Using chopsticks, she picked up the barbequed meat, and bit down. Abruptly, she had swift change of expression.
Chapter 904 - Descendant of the White Tiger
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“Weiwei, what is it?” Ji Yun’er asked hurriedly. She would naturally not take Li Weiwei’s theory of the food being drugged seriously, but she was still worried when she
saw Li Weiwei’s current expression.
This man from a small world might really not know respect and fear and do something shocking.
“It’s too delicious!” Li Weiwei suddenly exclaimed. Then she began wolfing down the food, and ate all the remaining barbequed meat. Then she turned to look fixedly at the plate in front of Ji Yun’er, her eyes bright as if she was about to pounce over any moment.
Ji Yun’er could not help but stretch out her arm to guard her food, and asked, “Is it really so delicious?”
Li Weiwei turned her face around, and demanded, “Blockhead, quickly serve the remaining barbequed meat!”
Yet Ling Han smiled, and said, “Will you pay True Origin Stones for it?”
“Yes!” Li Weiwei said impatiently, “Quick, hand it over, I want to eat to my heart’s content today!”
“Take care you don’t become fat!” Ling Han said with a grin.
“Hahahaha, no matter how much I eat, I won’t become fat. I have a natural perfect figure!” Li Weiwei declared proudly.
Ling Han picked up that completely cooked piece of meat and placed it onto Li Weiwei’s plate.
The girl was instantly ecstatic, and hurriedly used her chopsticks to pick up her meat, beginning to eat delightfully again.
Ji Yun’er could not help but feel curious; was it really that delicious?
Li Weiwei was the Fourth Young Miss of the Left Minister; what exotic delicacies had she not eaten before? Yet now, she was actually so filled with “unbearable” anticipation. She elegantly picked up her chopsticks, plucked the barbequed meat, and took a light bite with her snow-white teeth.
To be honest, the way this meat was barbequed was really not all that impressive, but in a single bite, the strong aromatic taste of meat diffused out instantly in the mouth. That kind of delicious taste would really make even one’s spirit quiver.
How could it be so delicious?
She was more reserved, and also more restrained, but she still felt an urge to open her mouth wide and begin wolfing down the meat.
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