Chapter 39 Provocation

After collecting all the treasures in the stone chamber, Luo Xiu looked at the huge corpse of the double-headed tiger.

According to the relevant records left by King Buchen Wu, the double-headed Tongyou Tiger is a fifth-level monster, comparable to the martial arts king, and its strength is tyrannical.

The treasures of such a high-level monster are immeasurable. Luo Xiu immediately raised his hand and put the huge corpse into the storage ring.

"There is still nearly a month left before the entrance examination. During this period, it is better to practice here and improve your strength."

There is a dense white mist formed by the formation at the entrance of this canyon, so there is no need to worry about being disturbed, and the vitality of heaven and earth here is quite strong, making it suitable for silent cultivation.

There are many elixirs in the storage ring, but Luo Xiu does not dare to use them indiscriminately, because these elixirs are at least fourth grade, and the power contained in any one of them is not something that a Qihai warrior can withstand.

"The fifth-level spirit-gathering formation device and the middle-grade vitality stone. These two things are enough to make my cultivation improve by leaps and bounds."

Turning around and walking into the stone chamber, Luo Xiu inlaid a middle-grade vitality stone on the fifth-level spirit gathering device. The vitality of heaven and earth from all directions quickly gathered, forming a thick mist around him.

The rich cultivation of heaven and earth energy was very effective. In just half a day, Luo Xiu felt that his cultivation had reached the peak of the first level of Qi Sea, and was infinitely close to the second level of Qi Sea.

From the first level to the second level of Qi Sea, it is the accumulation of true energy. As long as the energy absorbed is enough, there is basically no bottleneck for breakthrough.

Taking out a middle-grade vitality stone from the storage ring, Luo Xiu used his skills to absorb the pure vitality inside.

That night, a powerful aura rose up from Luo Xiu's body. As the Qi continued to grow, the space in his Dantian became larger and larger, and there was more and more Qi in the form of mist.

After his Dantian reached a saturated state, Luo Xiu could no longer absorb more vitality, and his cultivation level was promoted to the second level of Qi Sea.

"The first picture of the original law of the wheel of life and death..."

The improvement of his cultivation level did not make Luo Xiu very happy, because the diagram of the origin law was too difficult, and he had not even understood a little bit.

According to the spirit of reincarnation, there are nine original law diagrams in total. The first picture alone is already so profound and complicated. The difficulty of understanding the eight more profound law diagrams that follow can be imagined.

For the next month, Luo Xiu practiced hard in this canyon.

Compared to martial arts cultivation, he focused more on understanding the Quick Sword Technique and the Wheel of Life and Death.

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Qingyun Martial Palace.

"Luo Xiu hasn't come back yet?" Master Qingyun Palace, who was sitting high on the throne, frowned. "The entrance examination will be held in seven days. What should we do?"

"Hall Master, according to the information we have, Luo Xiu left the city two months ago to go to Baqi Mountain for training. Did he encounter some danger in the mountain?" Elder Zhuang said with some worry.

"Probably not. I don't think Luo Xiu is a reckless and impulsive person. There must be other reasons why he hasn't come back for so long."

The master of Qingyun Palace said solemnly, "What I am most worried about is that Zhang Luliang will attack Luo Xiu."

"Then should we send someone to Baqi Mountain to look for it?" Zhuang Nantian said.

Master Qingyun Palace shook his head and said: "If he is okay, he will come back by himself. If something happens, there is no point in looking for him."

"Haha, I heard that your genius Luo Xiu from Qingyun City is missing?"

At this moment, a loud laugh came from outside the hall. It was the master of the New Stone City Martial Hall who brought people to Qingyun City to challenge some time ago.

Behind the new stone palace master, Nie Xiaodie, dressed in red, walked with him, looking around with a pair of bright eyes, seemingly looking for Luo Xiu.

"Master Xinshi Palace came here uninvited, why are you doing this?" Master Qingyun Palace snorted coldly and said angrily.

"Haha, the entrance exam is about to start, so I happened to stop by and planned to go to Yunlong County with your Qingyun Martial Hall." The new stone hall master said with a smile.

The annual entrance examination is held in Yunlong County, where the top talents from the martial arts halls in the entire Yunlong County will gather.

"Master Qingyun, when Xiaodie lost to Luo Xiu, he practiced diligently after returning and has now reached the second level of Qihai. He plans to compete with him in the entrance examination this time. Where are the others?" Master Xinshi stroked his hair. Beard, eyes with smile.

"You, the Master of the New Stone Palace, are well-informed and ask questions knowingly." The Master of the Qingyun Palace looked gloomy.

Qingyun City and Xinshi City are adjacent to each other, and the two Martial Palaces have always competed with each other. As the master of the Martial Palace, he and the master of the New Stone Palace have been enemies for many years.

Seeing the unkind look on the face of Master Qingyun, Master Xinshi gave up and said with a smile: "It seems that Luo Xiu is going to miss this year's assessment. In that case, I won't bother you anymore."

"I won't give it away!" The master of Qingyun Palace shook his sleeves and felt very unhappy.

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye it was another three days.

The masters of martial arts halls in various cities gathered in Yunlong County with their geniuses. In addition, other young geniuses in Yunlong County who were not from martial arts halls also came here to participate in Xiaoyao Sect's apprenticeship assessment.

"drive!"

When Luo Xiu rode into Qingyun City, the Lord of the Martial Palace quickly got the news.

"If this kid comes back one day later, I'm afraid he will really miss this assessment." The master of Qingyun Palace breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Let Luo Xiu come see me as soon as possible!"

After a while, Luo Xiu came to the Martial Palace and met the Master of Qingyun Palace.

Regarding his recent experience, Luo Xiu had already made up a story, saying that he was assassinated in the Baqi Mountains and was seriously injured, so he came back so late.

As for Luo Xiu's killing of Zhang Luliang's three disciples and King Wu's treasure house, he didn't mention a word.

After all, Zhang Luliang has three disciples, two at the fifth level of Qi Sea and one at the seventh level of Qi Sea. According to common sense, he cannot compete with his strength. If he said that he killed three people, it would inevitably make people doubt him. Is there any special means?

Luo Xiu did not dare to be careless when it came to the secret of the Life and Death Pearl. The Spirit of Reincarnation had said that if some strong man who practiced the Law of Life and Death knew that he had the Life and Death Pearl, he would definitely kill him and seize the origin of the Law of Life and Death.

"It must be that old guy Zhang Luliang!" Master Qingyun Palace looked angry. "Those three people you mentioned should be Zhang Luliang's disciples. It's not easy for you to survive their assassination."

While speaking, Master Qingyun's eyes fell on Luo Xiu, and he said in surprise: "Has your cultivation reached the second level of Qi Sea?"

Luo Xiu nodded, "Under the desperate situation of life and death, I made a lucky breakthrough."

"That's right. The lowest cultivation level of Zhang Luliang's disciple is the fifth level of Qi Sea. It is reasonable for him to survive in such a fatal situation and achieve a breakthrough in cultivation level."

As a strong man at the half-step God Refining Realm, Master Qingyun Palace naturally knows that in a desperate situation of life and death, warriors are the easiest to break through their limits.

Therefore, many martial arts masters will travel abroad and walk in dangerous places, just hoping to make further progress in martial arts on the edge of life and death.

"The entrance exam will officially start in three days. We can rush there now, but it's not too late."

The Master of Qingyun Palace said slowly, stepped out of the hall, and suddenly raised his head and let out a long roar.

"Bah!"

A sharp whistle came from the sky, and then Luo Xiu saw a black spot in the sky getting bigger and landing quickly.

As the distance continued to get closer, he saw that the black spot was a large eagle, with black feathers and wings spread out, like a black cloud, bringing about gusts of howling wind.

"Black Cloud Eagle!"

Luo Xiu recognized the origin of this monster. It was the mount tamed by Master Qingyun, a third-level flying monster!

The wings of the black cloud eagle are more than twenty meters wide, and its back is wide, making it suitable for riding.

The master of Qingyun Palace stepped in the air and landed on the back of the Black Cloud Eagle. He looked at Luo Xiu and said, "Come up. With the speed of the Black Cloud Eagle, we can reach Yunlong County in two days."

Luo Xiu responded, jumped up, and landed behind the master of Qingyun Palace. His heart was surging, thinking that when he became stronger in the future, he would have to tame a powerful monster as a mount, which would be really impressive.

"call!"

The wings of the black cloud eagle vibrated, and surging air waves swept around, raising dust and fallen leaves all over the sky.

The biting wind howled, and the black cloud eagle flew extremely fast, causing the nearby clouds to quickly retreat.

Looking down from a bird's eye view, the earth is vast and everything seems so small.

Two days later, a majestic and majestic city appeared in front of it. The green city wall was dozens of feet high, rising across the city like a mountain range and covering a vast area.

This is the Yunlong County City. The five Qingyun City combined are not as vast and majestic as this County City.

Yunlong County City is the headquarters of Xiaoyao Sect's outer sect. The master of the outer sect is personally in charge. It is said that he is a martial arts master who has reached the level of god refining.

More than ten miles away from Yunlong County City, the Master of Qingyun Palace let the Black Cloud Eagle fall down, and the two of them walked towards the County City on foot.

The gate of the city is bustling with people. There are teams of hunters ready to go out to hunt, and there are also warriors and traders from all walks of life lining up to enter the city.

"follow me."

The Master of Qingyun Palace did not queue up, but took Luo Xiu directly to a side door at the city gate.

The gatekeeper was a middle-aged man. When he saw the token taken out by the Master of Qingyun Hall, he immediately saluted respectfully and opened the side door.

As a strong man in the semi-refining realm, the status of the master of the martial arts hall in each city is equivalent to that of an outer sect deacon, and he naturally has some privileges.

This was Luo Xiu's first visit to Yunlong County City, but the Master of Qingyun Palace was familiar with the place and took him directly to a mansion in the city.

This mansion is the temporary residence of geniuses who came from the Martial Palace and are preparing to take the entrance examination.

"Huh? The Master of Qingyun Palace is here. Isn't their Luo Xiu from Qingyun City missing?"

The other seventeen city palace masters couldn't help but be stunned after hearing the news.

"The boy in black is Luo Xiu? I heard that he has mastered Pure Yang Kung Fu. Even among the outer disciples, there are no more than twenty people who have mastered Pure Yang Kung Fu."

"Qingyun Martial Palace is very lucky. In more than 800 years, this is already the fourth person to practice Pure Yang Kung, right?"

The seventeen city palace masters discussed with each other and looked at the Qingyun Palace Master and Luo Xiu who were striding towards them.

"Haha, everyone, I came down a little late, but fortunately I'm not late."

Palace Master Qingyun laughed and walked over to greet the other palace masters.

At the same time, an old servant came over and took Luo Xiu to the temporary residences of the martial arts geniuses in each city, waiting for the entrance examination to begin.

This is a spacious courtyard, and each martial arts genius has a separate room. When Luo Xiu came here, the geniuses from the martial arts palaces in other cities also looked at him curiously.

"Are you Luo Xiu?"

In the courtyard, a young man wearing brocade clothes crossed his arms in front of his chest and stopped in front of Luo Xiu.

"I heard that you have practiced Pure Yang Kung Fu and defeated Sister Xiaodie?" The young man in brocade clothes had a very arrogant attitude and stared at Luo Xiu with an unkind expression.

"So what?" Luo Xiu said lightly.

As early as on the way here, the master of Qingyun Palace told him that the geniuses of the Eighteen Cities Martial Palace would often fight and challenge each other before the entrance examination, so he should be careful to deal with them.

But Luo Xiu didn't expect that someone would immediately challenge him as soon as he arrived.