Murong Qianling looked at Lin Xuan's back as her eyes flashed. Behind her, the woman in palace attire sighed. "With his strength, I estimate that he will soon challenge the core disciples. At that time, he might be able to enter the Trial Grounds of Blood."
"Trial Grounds of Blood!" Murong Qianling exclaimed. "The trial grounds that open once every seven years!"
The woman in palace attire smiled. "This time, a batch of disciples with potential will be sent in. Even you will have a chance to enter. This time, you must seize the opportunity!"
"Trial Grounds of Blood?" Murong Qianling's eyes had a trace of excitement.
Lin Xuan was unaware of these matters. He returned to his residence and activated a simple defensive array. Then, he treated his injuries and consolidated his realm.
Inside his body, his spiritual energy's potential had been stimulated under Elder Xue's pressure. The eighth spirit vein had loosened a lot. Lin Xuan took this opportunity to constantly circulate the Longevity Art. Four hours later, he broke through to the eighth stage of the Meridian Condensation Stage.
The internal injuries on his body were quickly healed under the effects of the Longevity Art. Lin Xuan turned his gaze to the sword intent seed.
The golden sword intent seed was much larger than before. The aura it emitted was alarming. Lin Xuan knew that he had finally comprehended a trace of sword intent and not just sword force.
"I didn't expect your sword intent seed to germinate so quickly." Lord Alcohol was amazed. "You now have both the thunder and wind attributes. You can consider fusing them into the wind and thunder attributes."
"Since you have acknowledged me as your master, I will teach you well!" Lord Alcohol said with a serious expression.
Following that, Lord Alcohol began to ask about Lin Xuan's cultivation progress, including some of the martial arts he had learned. Lin Xuan answered them one by one. Through his communication with Lord Alcohol, he learned that he had only reached the first level of the Longevity Art.
Other than the Long Sword Art, he had reached the Large Success Stage of the Phantom Thunder Steps. He could condense a Thunder Phantom. He was only missing the last move of the Gale Sword Art. As for the Protection Sword Art, he was at the peak of the first level.
However, Lin Xuan's greatest harvest was the seed of sword intent. He had comprehended a trace of sword intent, and it had increased his attack power by several times. Now, if he met a martial artist of the ninth stage Meridian Condensation Period, he would be able to put up a fight.
Moreover, the Seed of Sword Intent also had many potential benefits. For example, Lin Xuan's mental strength and willpower were extremely strong. This would allow him to have a strong resistance to Temptation Illusion attacks in the future.
Under Lord Alcohol's guidance, Lin Xuan began to consider fusing the Gale Sword Art and Lightning Sword Art together.
The next morning, Lin Xuan went to the Herbal Hall as usual.
His main purpose was to pay attention to a special mission, a mission to rescue the Hundred Herb Hall, in which he could obtain herbs that could restore the soul. Although Lord Alcohol had awakened, Lin Xuan hoped to have more of these herbs on hand just in case.
This mission was still in progress, but according to the previous situations, the chances of success were not high.
When Lin Xuan asked again, the Deacon Elder informed him that the team that had accepted this mission had failed, and Lin Xuan could accept it.
Without any hesitation, he accepted the mission.
However, this mission was a sixth-level mission and was extremely dangerous. It was not something a single disciple could complete.
This was a five-person mission. Lin Xuan took a token and went back to wait.
Three days later, news came from the Herbal Hall that there had been a new change to the mission.
Lin Xuan prepared everything and went to the Herbal Hall. However, he was somewhat surprised by what happened next. The Deacon Elder stood to the side with a wry smile and explained the reason to Lin Xuan.
It turned out that the number of disciples who had come to accept the mission had far exceeded the stipulated number.
"Isn't this mission very dangerous? Why are there so many people?" Lin Xuan was puzzled.
"Because there was a core disciple who accepted the mission this time, so all the disciples rushed over like ducks," the Deacon Elder explained. "In this situation, a simple competition is required. Only the strongest will have the chance to receive the mission."
"So that's how it is!" Lin Xuan understood. He strode over and said to the group of people, "I took a token for the Hundred Herb Hall mission. If anyone is unconvinced, you can challenge me!"
The quarreling crowd completely quieted down after hearing Lin Xuan's words. The group of disciples looked at Lin Xuan cautiously, their eyes full of fear.
They had seen Lin Xuan kill Zhang Qian with their own eyes. Furthermore, he did not back down in the slightest when facing Elder Xue. They did not dare to provoke such a fierce person.
"So it was Junior Brother Lin who took one of the tokens. If that's the case, let's fight for the remaining three." A disciple chuckled.
The Deacon Elder was surprised. He thought that these people would snatch it by force, or even gang up to bully him. After all, Lin Xuan's cultivation was not very high.
However, he did not expect that when this group of people saw Lin Xuan, it was as if they had seen a core disciple. They even spoke carefully.
"How strange!" The Deacon Elder was amazed.
Not long after, three people won the battle. These three people were all at the eighth level of the Meridian Stage. Two of them were youths, and one was a young girl.
The three of them greeted Lin Xuan, then stood together to wait for the other core disciple. Through the three disciples, Lin Xuan learned that the core disciple was called Fan Chong. His cultivation was at the ninth level of the Meridian Stage, and he was ranked ninth on the stone tablet.
Core disciples were definitely existences that all inner sect disciples had to look up to. Every core disciple was abnormally strong, and could be said to be the king of the same stage. Even fighting across realms was not difficult for them.
Therefore, this difficult level six mission became extremely popular with the addition of a core disciple.
And this mission was a rescue mission. Hundred Herb Hall was located in a border town in Yunzhou. Because it was attacked by demonic beasts, the town was in danger.
Most of the people from Hundred Herb Hall escaped, but a few of the pharmacists were trapped in the town, along with hundreds of precious herbs from Hundred Herb Hall.
The surviving members of Hundred Herb Hall sent a request for help to the Black Heaven Sect, and thus this mission was created.
Lin Xuan understood the mission while waiting for the core disciple to arrive. However, after the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, no one appeared. After an hour, still no one appeared.
"Could it be that senior apprentice brother Fan forgot?" A few disciples guessed. Lin Xuan frowned slightly, but did not say anything.
After waiting for a full two hours, the core disciple finally appeared.
This was a youth with an arrogant face. His eyes were always looking up, and even his chin was raised. He casually swept a glance at Lin Xuan and the others, then frowned and said, "With such low cultivation, you're just going to die!"
The expressions of the three youths behind Lin Xuan changed. They did not expect the core disciple to say such words. Although they could not compare to the core disciple, these words were too hurtful.
Lin Xuan also frowned slightly. He glanced at the people behind the core disciple, and immediately understood that this guy wanted to bring his own people.
However, he had accepted this mission first, and it was very important to him. How could he just give up like this?
At this moment, the core disciple sneered and said, "Hurry up and take out your mission tokens, or else you'll have to bear the consequences!"
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