"Who is the man from the Origin Flame Glacier Plain that you speak of?"
Ignoring the tear-streaked Ruohuan gongzi, Zhang Xuan asked.
It wasn't that he didn't sympathize with the other party, but he felt that there was a chance for him to make a breakthrough. If there were only two slots, he could compensate the other party by offering him some guidance.
His guidance would definitely be far more effective than the Yin-Yang Lake.
"The Origin Flame Glacier Plain is the name of a powerful organization. Just like the Apothecary Guild and Blacksmith Guild, it controls many powerful spirit veins and treasure lands. This is precisely the reason why even the hall master of the Mingshi Tang Pavilion doesn't dare to offend them. Thus, I can only offer them a price!"
Pavilion Master Kang explained.
"Spirit veins and treasure lands?" Zhang Xuan was astonished.
Just this in itself was enough to tell that this organization wasn't simple. Otherwise, given how many formidable occupations there were in the world, how could they possibly hand over such a place to someone else?
"Indeed. Every branch in the Origin Flame Glacier Plain has a Palace Master, and I have some personal ties with the current Palace Master. That's why I was able to get two chances to enter the Origin Flame Glacier Plain … To be honest, whether or not you are able to enter the Origin Flame Glacier Plain will depend on your abilities!"
Pavilion Master Kang said.
"Good relationship?"
"Un. She was once injured, and I was the one who treated her!"
Pavilion Master Kang stroked his beard. "She's the one who cultivated the Great Ancient Incursion Art, and she was injured by a searing sword qi!"
"Oh!"
Zhang Xuan nodded his head.
Yesterday, when he met Pavilion Master Kang, the latter had tested him with a case of a severely injured cultivator attempting to achieve a breakthrough to Transcendent Mortal.
The situation was extremely complicated, and it was only natural that Pavilion Master Kang would be able to resolve it.
After chatting for a while longer, Zhang Xuan gained a deeper understanding of the Origin Flame Glacier Plain.
This organization controlled a treasure land, and they didn't lack resources. Naturally, they didn't care about wealth. Only master teachers could make them willingly hand over two slots. As for the other occupations, they couldn't even dream of it.
After chatting for a while longer, the group began cultivating.
Without sufficient spirit stones, Zhang Xuan didn't attempt to make a breakthrough. Instead, he focused on reinforcing his cultivation and increasing the amount of zhenqi he could store.
After reaching Origin Energy realm advanced stage, Zhang Xuan's strength had increased once more. Previously, it was only 200,000 ding, but now, it had doubled to 400,000 ding.
An ordinary Origin Energy Realm primary stage martial artist would have a strength of 150,000 ding, middle stage 200,000 ding, late stage 250,000 ding, and pinnacle 300,000 ding. Meanwhile, at the Yin-Yang realm, 100,000 ding of strength was a unit of advancement. The initial stage was 500,000 ding of strength, the middle stage was 600,000 ding of strength, the late stage was 700,000 ding of strength, and the pinnacle stage was 800,000 ding of strength!
He was only at the Origin Energy Realm late-stage, but he already possessed such strength. He was much stronger than those at the peak of the Origin Energy Realm.
If he were to augment his Soul Oracle prowess with his Transcendent Mortal 2-dan pinnacle cultivation, he would be able to match even a Yin-Yang realm advanced stage expert.
Of course, this was only in theory. True experts didn't just possess overwhelming strength; what was more important was their battle sense and fighting prowess. If it was really as easy as he thought, the Master Teacher Pavilion would surely be more authoritative than him.
Even so, he could easily defeat a middle stage Yin Yang Realm expert.
Along with the increase in his strength, his reflexes and muscles had also improved. Even though it wasn't as obvious as when he first stepped into Transcendent Mortal realm, his vision had become sharper, and his movement technique had become more nimble.
Since I have the time, I should study the Heaven's Path Sword Art, Heaven's Path Spear Art, and Heaven's Path Saber Art!
After reinforcing his cultivation for nearly ten days, Zhang Xuan's zhenqi storage had increased significantly. Thus, he thought of battle techniques.
The Heaven's Path Sword Art and Heaven's Path Movement Technique that he was executing at the moment were the ones he collected in Tianxuan Kingdom. Even though he had added on to them, they weren't sufficient for his current cultivation. He had to reorganize them and fuse them with higher-tier moves.
Along the way, he had collected quite a few battle techniques, and he had even collected all of the books on Mingshi Tang battle techniques in Myriad Kingdom City. With these, it wasn't too difficult for him to organize them.
First, he would organize the Heaven's Path Sword Art.
Sword was the king of all weapons, and there was no cultivator who didn't know how to use it. As such, there were many sword art manuals, and it wasn't too difficult for Zhang Xuan to find them.
It didn't take long for him to compile a complete set of Heaven's Path Sword Art.
Due to the narrow space on the back of the beast, Zhang Xuan was unable to execute the sword art. Thus, he could only simulate it in his head, and it didn't take him long to master it.
After learning the sword art, he moved on to the saber art, spear art, fist art, leg art, and movement art.
After organizing all of the sword art manuals, Zhang Xuan's fighting prowess rose by leaps and bounds.
Previously, he could only fight with Origin Energy realm pinnacle cultivators with his zhenqi. But now, he could easily challenge Yin-Yang realm primary stage cultivators.
On top of that, with his soul cultivation, even a Transcendent Mortal 3-dan advanced stage expert would be a walk in the park for him.
Of course, Zhang Xuan's strongest trump card wasn't his cultivation but his Eye of Insight and Impartation of Heaven's Will.
The former allowed him to see through flaws while the latter allowed him to beguile others. With the two of them working together, even Pavilion Master Kang could be easily beguiled, let alone Ruohuan gongzi.
While Zhang Xuan had been cultivating, Zhao Ya hadn't rested either. After a few days of hard work, she had finally broken through the bottleneck of Zhizun realm and reached Half-Transcension.
In just a few months, she had managed to advance from Fighter 1-dan to such a realm. If news of this were to spread, countless people would be shocked.
"The Yin-Yang Lake is just ahead!"
After walking for some time, Zhang Xuan was in the midst of cultivating when he suddenly heard Pavilion Master Kang's voice and stood up.
Through the window, he saw a towering mountain not too far away. The peak of the mountain was covered in white snow, and a dark-green palace stood at the center of it.
"This is the Glacier Plain Court. The Yin-Yang Lake is within the palace!"
Pavilion Master Kang pointed with his finger.
Through the snowy mountains, Zhang Xuan could see the words' Glacier Plain Court 'inscribed on the plaque at the top of the palace.
It was quiet and solemn.
"This place is covered in snow all year round. However, you might not be able to imagine that before the Glacier Plain Court was built, this used to be a blazing mountain. Even a Transcendent Mortal expert would have to be skinned alive if they were to pass by."
Standing before the window, Pavilion Master Kang gazed at the snowy mountain not too far away.
"Volcano?"
Not only was Zhang Xuan taken aback, even Ruohuan gongzi seemed to have never heard of such a thing before.
The mountain before them was so tall that it pierced through the clouds. With just a look, one could tell that it was bone-chilling. How could it be a blazing mountain that even experts couldn't approach?
"Honestly speaking, when I first heard of this news, I didn't believe it either!"
Seeing the doubt in everyone's eyes, Pavilion Master Kang shook his head. "This is the might of the Origin Flame Glacier Plain. Instead of seizing a blessed land, they changed the fengshui of the land and nurtured it. Through their hands, many originally vile environments will become places where spiritual energy gathers, making people yearn for them. "
"Could it be that... the Origin Flame Glacier Plain is a unique occupation as well?"
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask.
To be able to turn trash into treasure, turning the feared blazing mountain into a snowy mountain, other than a unique occupation, Ruohuan gongzi couldn't think of anyone else who could be so formidable.
"It's true that they are unique occupations, but it's also true that they aren't unique occupations either!"
After saying those words, Pavilion Master Kang chuckled and explained, "Unique occupations are set by the Mingshi Tang. The first rule is that they must have a complete heritage and a strict classification of their ranks. However, there are some unique occupations that are unable to be categorized in detail, such as herbologists.
"As long as one is knowledgeable, one will be able to nurture medicinal herbs. The higher one's rank, the better one's medicinal herb will be...
"Since there's no way to determine its rank, it can't be categorized as a unique occupation. The same goes for the Origin Flame Glacier Plain natives. They have a unique method to turn a blazing mountain into a snowy mountain or a swamp into a plain. However... their methods aren't uniform, and they don't have any heritage either. It's only related to one's talent and ability!
"Besides, there are only a few of them. Putting aside the League of Nations, there's only one of them in the entire Miryu Empire... How can they be considered as a unique occupation? On the other hand, they also possess abilities beyond the reach of ordinary people. Even the Mingshi Tang is unable to come to a conclusion regarding such a matter. "
Zhang Xuan nodded.
Since it was a unique occupation, it was naturally something that others could learn and inherit.
Putting aside the small number of Origin Flame Glacier Plain natives, their heritage was also a little messy. On top of that, they had to possess talent and ability as well. Naturally, they couldn't be categorized as a unique occupation.
"How did they do it?" Zhao Ya asked curiously. "Hot volcanoes and cold snow mountains?"
"I'm not too sure about the details either. All I know is that a thousand years ago, this place was still a volcano. After a hundred years of modification, the Origin Flame Glacier Plain natives ended up in this state. Furthermore, it's said that they even created the Yin-Yang Lake. Through the fusion of yin and yang, one's cultivation can be raised significantly! As long as one hasn't reached Transcendent Mortal 5-dan, one will benefit greatly from cultivating there. "
Pavilion Master Kang shook his head. "However, there are only a few slots for the Yin-Yang Lake each year. There aren't even enough slots for their own members, needless to say, outsiders. There are many who wish to obtain a slot, only to fail. It's extremely troublesome. "
The method of modification was a secret of the Origin Flame Glacier Plain natives. Even as a master teacher, Pavilion Master Kang was unaware of it.
"Perhaps, they are making use of the terrain to construct a formation!"
Ruohuan gongzi interjected.
Formations were also capable of altering the environment. Perhaps, the Origin Flame Glacier Plain natives were using a formation.
"It's not a formation. If it's a formation, how big would a formation need to be to cover a mountain range that stretches for hundreds of kilometers? How much spiritual energy would be required to maintain it? "
Pavilion Master Kang said.
Even though a formation was capable of altering the environment, its area of effect was usually very small. It was impossible to alter an entire mountain!
Putting aside a bunch of Transcendent Mortal 4-dan cultivators, even a 9-dan cultivator wouldn't be able to accomplish such a feat. Perhaps, only a Transcendent 9-dan expert would be able to do so.
"It's indeed not a formation!"
Zhang Xuan shook his head as well.
Previously, when Pavilion Master Kang was speaking, he had already used his Eye of Insight to observe the surroundings. There wasn't the slightest trace of a formation in the entire mountain range, which meant that it wasn't modified by a formation.
Otherwise, given his eye of discernment, it was impossible for him to fail to notice it.
"Forget it, let's not bother ourselves with it. Our goal here is to enter the Yin-Yang Lake, not to study their origins."
Pavilion Master Kang chuckled, interrupting everyone's speculation. Then, he turned to the group and said with a grim expression, "Later on, when we arrive, don't act on your own accord. Listen to my instructions and try your best to obtain three slots. Even if we fail, we have to ensure that two slots clear the examination! "
"Un!" Everyone nodded.
"Alright, let's go then!"
Following which, the aerial spirit beast flapped its wings and flew straight toward the Glacier Plain Court.
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