Secret Arts were divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow Grade. Yellow Grade Secret Arts could only allow one to cultivate up to the Third Order Spirit Stream Realm, Profound Grade Secret Arts could allow one to reach the Sixth Order, and Earth Grade Secret Arts could allow one to reach the Ninth Order.
There were only nine layers of the Spirit Stream Realm. Logically speaking, an Earth Grade cultivation technique was enough to allow a Spirit Stream Realm cultivator to cultivate to the Great Circle.
In reality, this was not the case. Earth grade techniques could only allow a cultivator to open 180 acupoints, but the human body had 360 acupoints.
After cultivating to 180 apertures, if he wanted to open more spiritual apertures, he would have to switch to a Heaven grade cultivation method.
A Ninth Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator who cultivated an Earth Grade Secret Art and opened 180 apertures would be able to open 181 apertures after switching to a Heaven Grade Secret Art. However, switching to a Heaven Grade Secret Art would cause the cultivator's original realm to drop by several levels. In the classification of Heaven Grade Secret Arts, 180 apertures was only the level of a Sixth Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator.
In short, the number of spiritual cavities a cultivator had opened wasn't the standard to judge their cultivation, but rather the number of small circulatory cycles in their body.
Cultivators with the same number of spiritual cavities may not necessarily have the same level of cultivation.
In one of the only times he had imparted the Dao to Lu Ye, the Headmaster had told him about the differences between cultivation methods, so he remembered these things.
This Luo Ji seemed to be only a Second Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator, but in reality, he had opened at least fifty Spirit Apertures! This was because his spiritual power fluctuations were much stronger than Lu Ye's.
For a Heaven Grade Secret Art, opening eighteen apertures was the First Order, and opening forty-five apertures was the Second Order!
After realizing this, Lu Ye immediately understood that Luo Ji was the strongest opponent he had ever faced.
It had to be known that under an Earth Grade Secret Art, opening forty-five apertures was the standard for a Fourth-Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator. In other words, Luo Ji, who cultivated a Heaven Grade Secret Art and was only a Second-Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator, had a cultivation between the Fourth-Order and Fifth-Order Spirit Stream Realm. Coupled with his attainments in Spirit Arts, even an ordinary Fifth-Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator would not be afraid.
This was the foundation of a disciple from a top sect.
When they were very young, they began to determine their future path, and continued to research and explore on this path, tempering their bodies. When they reached a suitable age, they would begin to cultivate. They would not be in a hurry to increase their cultivation, because every time they wanted to increase their cultivation, they would need to open two or three times more spiritual cavities than ordinary cultivators.
When such a person's cultivation wasn't high, he could often fight people who were two or three levels above him. Even if his cultivation had increased, it was still common for him to kill people who were a higher level than him.
Once such people grew up, they would definitely become overlord level experts!
Lu Ye was honored to meet a future overlord …
The brief exchange ended with his complete defeat. When Luo Ji appeared, Ling Xian rushed up to him. However, after a few spells, he was forced back to his original position.
For a Weapon Cultivator like him to fight against a Dharma Cultivator, close combat was the way to go. However, Luo Ji was obviously not that easy to get close to.
"Which sect are you from, you brute?" Luo Ji did not pursue him because he was confident in his victory. It was not that he looked down on Lu Ye, but the environment here was not suitable for a Weapon Cultivator like Lu Ye to perform. Instead, it would make his spells more threatening. In the early stages of cultivation, it was very advantageous to be able to use spells.
However, the passageway here was so narrow that Lu Ye could not move at all.
Lu Ye obviously realized this. At this moment, retreating from the exit at the back was the right way. However, he did not intend to do so.
Because he had a vague feeling that if he retreated now, he would not have the courage to face Luo Ji the next time he saw him. From this guy's first sentence, Ling Xian could infer that he was here specifically to find him.
There was no way to avoid him!
Then he could only fight!
His opponent had a good foundation, but did he not have one? In the end, Luo Ji was only using some small spells. Ling Xian's defensive spiritual tattoos could block them.
Lu Ye tightened his grip on the saber and leaned forward slightly. He shifted his center of gravity and assumed the posture of a cheetah pouncing on its prey.
Ling Xian took a deep breath and the spiritual power in the three small circulatory systems in his body began to surge and roar. The next moment, he dashed forward and the stones under his feet splashed.
"Bai Zhuo!" Luo Ji shouted.
Lu Ye's eyes were still sore from the previous loss. Therefore, when he heard Luo Ji's shout, he immediately narrowed his eyes and raised his left hand to block in front of his eyes.
However, there was no strong explosion of light. Instead, an icicle full of coldness attacked him. At the same time, Luo Ji's mocking laughter sounded, "I lied to you!"
Son of a bitch! Lu Ye was furious. He finally understood why this guy had to shout every time he released a spell. It turned out that he was preparing for this moment. He was really insidious.
He raised his saber and slashed out. The icicle was broken. However, immediately after that, more icicles attacked him. The sound of breaking air could not be heard.
Luo Ji didn't seem to need to rest to release spells. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lu Ye would have suspected that this guy was secretly activating an ice talisman.
Clanging sounds could be heard. Lu Ye's saber danced and shattered the icicles one by one. He could only block those that he couldn't destroy in time. He struggled to advance. Because of the large amount of ice shards, the tunnel began to become cold.
After a full ten breaths, Lu Ye had only moved three steps forward! The icicles flew towards him with great force, hindering his advance.
Behind Luo Ji, Yiyi's small head suddenly popped out. However, before she could move, Luo Ji turned his head as if he had eyes on the back of his head. At the same time, he raised his hand and a golden arc slashed towards Yiyi.
Yiyi screamed and quickly retracted her head.
"Roar!" Hu Po roared. He thought that Yiyi had been injured.
This tiger roar was clearly different from the others. When the tiger roar sounded, Lu Ye felt as if someone had smashed his head with a small hammer. Luo Ji, who was standing opposite him, even staggered a step. He muttered in surprise, "A strange beast?"
He had seen Hu Po before, but he didn't pay much attention to him. Only now did he realize that this handsome white tiger seemed to have some special abilities.
He didn't have time to think because while he was distracted by Hu Po's roar, Lu Ye took advantage of the situation to rush over.
Luo Ji roared, "Bai Zhuo!"
After falling for it once, how could Lu Ye fall for it again? He narrowed his eyes and charged forward without a care.
* Kacha … *
The shattered ice shards suddenly wrapped around Lu Ye and quickly condensed. It seemed that they wanted to freeze Lu Ye inside.
At this critical moment, Lu Ye had no choice but to retreat. Just as he steadied himself, a large block of ice appeared between him and Luo Ji. If he hadn't run quickly, the block of ice would have wrapped around him. Once that happened, with Luo Ji's methods, Lu Ye was dead for sure.
"Phew …" Seeing Lu Ye blocked by the ice block, Luo Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
The intensity of this battle had exceeded his expectations. Originally, when Nine Star Sect had asked him to deal with Lu Ye, he had thought it would be a simple matter. Even if the other party came from a top force, his strength was obvious. A Third-Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator who cultivated an ordinary Secret Art wasn't something he would put in his eyes.
However, after really fighting, Luo Ji discovered that this Third-Order was somewhat … different from the Third-Order he had encountered before.
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