To be honest, he was already keeping a low profile by not looking for Wu Shi, President Han, or the Combat Master Hall. Yet, this fellow still insisted on sticking his face out for a slap …
It really made people unable to restrain their laughter!
Forget it, I, Zhang Xuan, am a person of noble character and unquestionable integrity...
Ignoring Dao Kou, Zhang Xuan turned his gaze back to Vice Guild Leader Xu.
Noticing Zhang Xuan's gaze, Vice Guild Leader Xu's eyebrows shot up.
There were two reasons why she was biased toward Dao Kou. Firstly, the other party was a master teacher, and secondly, there was a rule of first come, first served. She had been intending to reprimand Dao Kou if he were to make a move, but who could have known that the battle would end before she could even say a word?
Not to mention, it was such a crushing defeat!
To be able to knock out a Saint 1-dan expert with a single punch …
Where in the world did this monster pop out from?
"Could he be … an expert from the Combat Master Hall?"
The members of the Combat Master Hall were usually in seclusion, rarely coming into contact with others. Even though they were all in Qingyuan City, she had only seen a handful of them.
As such, even she did not know much about them. Considering how the young man before her was able to defeat a Primordial Spirit realm expert with a Saint 1-dan cultivation, it was likely that he was one of them, and his standing was rather high as well.
It was no wonder he was able to take out such a powerful Saint artifact so casually.
Previously, she had thought that the other party was relying on Mingshi Tang for his safety, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like no one would dare to disturb him with his own strength.
"Gongzi, it would be best for you to be careful. The main reason why the Twin Bandits of the Northern Meadows are so famous is due to his elder brother, Sky Bearing Bandit Cang Xu. It's said that he has already reached Primordial Spirit realm pinnacle, and he has many means up his sleeves.
Even though she knew that the other party was no ordinary person, she still sent a telepathic message to warn him.
With a mere Primordial Spirit realm primary stage cultivation, it was impossible for the other party to become the overlord of the Northern Meadows. Of the two of them, the more formidable one was Dao Kou's elder brother, Sky Bearing Bandit Cang Xu!
His cultivation was unfathomably deep, such that even she would have no choice but to flee from him.
After all, spirit awakeners were only supporting occupations, and they were not suited for combat.
"Thank you for your advice, guild leader!" Knowing that the other party was doing him a favor out of goodwill, Zhang Xuan replied with a smile. "When do you think it will be convenient for you to awaken the intelligence of my weapon?"
"Let's begin right now!"
Without much hesitation, Vice Guild Leader Xu nodded.
He circled around Jin Yuan Ding twice before pressing his palm on a certain spot.
Buzz!
A ray of light immediately enveloped the furnace.
Zhang Xuan looked over nervously.
Roughly ten minutes later, Vice Guild Leader Xu retracted her palm and retreated a few steps. With a pale face, she said, "It seems like I have underestimated the situation. Your cauldron must have been struck by a lightning bolt, causing it to fall into a deep slumber. With my current strength, I fear that I won't be able to wake it up!"
"Lightning has an extremely destructive effect on spirituality. I'm sure you know this as well. If it were any other reason, I could've done it by expending a little more energy, but this …" Vice President Xu shook her head.
"Then … do you know who can awaken it?"
Zhang Xuan could not help but ask.
"Not only has the lightning seeped into the cauldron's spirit, it has also left some remnants in it. In order to awaken the spirit, you'll have to cross this area … Most likely, only a Leaving Aperture realm expert will be able to do it. Leaving Aperture realm Primordial Spirits have been tempered by lightning, making them immune to the might of lightning. As for who is able to do it … I don't think there's anyone in the Qingyuan Empire Spirit Awakener Guild who can do it!"
Vice Guild Leader Xu pondered for a moment before replying.
Even the strongest guild leader of the Qingyuan Empire Spirit Awakener Guild had only reached Primordial Spirit realm pinnacle, and he was still a long way from reaching Leaving Aperture realm.
"You said that … there are remnants of lightning in the cauldron … If one's soul is immune to lightning despite not reaching Leaving Aperture realm, is it possible to awaken it?"
Hearing the conditions in her words, Zhang Xuan frowned.
"That should be possible. Of course, the prerequisite is that one's comprehension of spirit awakeners has reached Seven Star. Just that … is there any soul that is immune to lightning? "Vice Guild Leader Xu said with a bitter smile.
Primordial Spirits and souls were of the yin attribute, and they feared lightning the most. So far, she had never heard of anyone whose Primordial Spirit and soul were immune to lightning before reaching Leaving Aperture realm.
"One's comprehension of spirit awakeners has reached Seven Star?" Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment before raising his head. "Guild Leader Xu, may I know what the conditions are in order to browse through the books of your guild?"
Since Vice Guild Leader Xu was unable to awaken Jin Yuan Ding, he could give it a try himself.
Others might be fearful of lightning, but after experiencing the Saint Ascension Ordeal and the Sea of Lightning, his soul had become much stronger than before. Ordinary lightning no longer posed any threat to him.
"Browse through the books of your guild?"
Not expecting Zhang Xuan to ask such a question, Vice Guild Leader Xu hesitated for a moment before answering, "Unlike other occupations, the books of our guild don't have a level restriction. Those whose cultivation isn't high enough aren't allowed to browse through them. Instead, as long as you pay a certain fee, you will be able to browse through them and even copy them down. "
Zhang Xuan nodded. "I wish to browse through all of the books of Seven Star. May I know how much I'll have to pay?"
Only those who had truly become a unique occupation and possessed a perfect heritage would have a higher level restriction. Most occupations didn't have such stringent requirements.
In fact, some of them would even purposely lower their requirements to attract more people to learn them.
After a moment of calculation, Vice Guild Leader Xu said, "If you wish to browse through the books of Seven Star, you'll have to pay five thousand high-tier spirit stones."
"Here!"
With a flick of his wrist, five thousand high-tier spirit stones fell to the ground in a flash of spiritual energy.
"This …"
Vice Guild Leader Xu was stunned.
Even she wouldn't be able to fork out five thousand high-tier spirit stones so easily. Yet, the other party was willing to pay so readily just to browse through the books … Wasn't he a little too rich?
"I'll have to trouble Guild Leader Xu to bring me over!"
To the current Zhang Xuan, five thousand high-tier spirit stones was nothing much. If he could learn a new occupation and save Jin Yuan Ding, it would be worth it.
"Alright!"
Seeing that Zhang Xuan wasn't joking, Vice Guild Leader Xu took the spirit stones and said, "Follow me!"
After stowing Jin Yuan Ding into his storage ring, Zhang Xuan quickly followed behind her.
Leaving the room, they walked along the corridor for a while before arriving at a massive room.
It was the Spirit Awakener Library.
"You can read books and cultivate here. If you manage to comprehend something, there's a puppet in the room for you to enchant. If you can awaken the corresponding intelligence, it means that you have reached the corresponding level."
Standing by the door, Vice Guild Leader Xu passed a token over to Zhang Xuan.
Spirit awakeners were a popular occupation in Qingyuan Empire, but it wasn't a unique occupation, so there weren't many rules. Even the entrance examination was extremely simple.
"Thank you!"
Zhang Xuan nodded as he took the token.
"Go in. There are quite a few people who wish to learn the occupation of spirit awakeners here every day, but it's just that very few of them are able to achieve anything!"
Vice Guild Leader Xu said with a wave of her hand.
Spirit awakeners were a lucrative occupation, so there were quite a few people who came here every day to learn the occupation. However, to become a true spirit awakener, one had to have a powerful soul and a meticulous mind. This was a talent that couldn't be grasped just by reading books.
Thus, Zhang Xuan pushed open the door and walked in.
The Spirit Awakener Library wasn't too big. It only had several dozen bookshelves, and there were only a few hundred thousand books in there.
As he expected, there were quite a few people browsing through books in the room. Most likely, they were also interested in learning the occupation of spirit awakeners just like him.
In order not to attract any attention, Zhang Xuan walked up to the bookshelves and casually picked out a book. While pretending to be reading it earnestly, his eyes were actually scanning the entire bookshelf.
Hualala!
Sweeping his gaze across the entire bookshelf, countless books entered his Library of Heaven's Path.
In less than ten minutes, all of the books on the bookshelves had been collected into the Library of Heaven's Path.
"Correct!"
With a thought, a book appeared before Zhang Xuan's eyes. Flipping it open, he began browsing through it.
It was the 4-star spirit awakener Heaven's Path Divine Art.
Swiftly browsing through it, Zhang Xuan gained a deeper understanding of the occupation.
Spirit awakening was actually a process of using one's soul energy to nourish the spirit and soul of a cultivator.
In order to do so, one had to first turn one's soul into an attributeless one's. Only then would one not be rejected by the other party's body and successfully awaken one's spirit or soul.
This first step might have been nigh impossible for others, but Zhang Xuan was different.
The soul cultivated through the Heaven's Path Divine Art was attributeless. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to disguise himself as anyone without being noticed.
After browsing through the book, Zhang Xuan drove his soul energy through his body, and in less than an hour, he had already mastered the 4-star spirit awakener Heaven's Path Divine Art.
Let me see if it's effective …
Walking to the side of the room, Zhang Xuan saw a bizarre puppet standing by the corner of the room. It had eight arms and four heads, but he couldn't tell what grade it was.
Zhang Xuan couldn't be bothered to use his Eye of Insight and the Library of Heaven's Path. Thus, he sent a will into the puppet while pressing his palm lightly against the floor.
Weng!
A ray of light shrouded the puppet.
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Xuan's will seemed to have entered a pitch-black world.
Geji! Geji!
A few breaths later, the puppet's spirit was awakened, and it began moving. Its eight arms and four heads danced wildly.
It seems like 4-star spirit awakeners aren't that difficult to deal with …
Opening his eyes, Zhang Xuan chuckled.
He had been wondering how difficult this occupation would be, but the fact that it was able to awaken its spirit so easily proved that it wasn't too difficult.
After doing all that, Zhang Xuan began making his way to the second floor.
Just like before, there were several dozen rows of books on the second floor, and there were several hundred thousand of them. Zhang Xuan swiftly browsed through them, and he managed to compile a 5-star Heaven's Path Spirit Enchantment Art.
After which, he walked over to the corner of the room and successfully enchanted a puppet before heading up once more.
…
Four hours later, Zhang Xuan arrived at the fourth floor.
The books on display here were all on the Seven Star tier. Zhang Xuan collected them into the Library of Heaven's Path and studied the Heaven's Path Spirit Enchantment Art. After which, he walked over to the area where the puppets were placed, and he couldn't help but frown.
There aren't any puppets on this floor? What's this pillar over there?
There weren't any puppets in the corner of the room. Instead, there was a thick pillar that extended from the top to the bottom of the room. Zhang Xuan couldn't tell what kind of material it was made of, but it was extremely heavy.
It's probably a weapon. As long as I can enchant it, I should be able to become a Seven Star spirit awakener!
Zhang Xuan thought as he walked up to the pillar.
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