Martial Saint!
Chapter 438 - 0286 Golden Ruins Primordial Monarch (3k)

Chapter 438: 0286 Golden Ruins Primordial Monarch (3k)

Ending his enlightenment, Lu Chenzhou looked around at the large circle of people.

From entry-level martial artists to grandmasters, all were stirred.

The appearance of Master Ye was certainly big news.

This time during enlightenment, he hadn’t comprehended any martial arts. The most valuable treasure of this Dao Yun site was the projection of that unrivaled battle; for a genius with great comprehension, even learning a little would benefit them for life.

"Next, it will be the ruins of the Carefree Palace."

Lu Chenzhou was quite looking forward to this place. The Yaochi Immortal had once gained insight into three types of martial arts from a stele within these ruins, including two divine skills, one of which had even evolved into a supreme divine skill. The strength of Elder Leisure was affirmed by Master Ye.

As he was about to leave, he was stopped by a grandmaster, who, despite being male, possessed a beautiful and gentle feminine aura, with an ethereal temperament. He appeared young, seemingly a peer of Lu Chenzhou, but in fact, was of his grandfather’s generation.

"Young friend, our principal would like to meet you."

Lu Chenzhou greeted with a bow,

"Met Master Ye!"

Jian Donglai·Ye Qingcheng, the sword dao master ranked 10th on the Heaven Ranking, was just a step away from becoming a great grandmaster. Ordinary grandmasters struggled to last even ten moves against him.

Ye Qingcheng had a late child who was also top-tier talented, naturally born a "Kongming Sword Body," holding the highest prestige among the young generation in Kunlun Martial Arts University.

Sword Daoist·Ye Zhiqiu.

Father and son, both sword dao prodigies, their stories were celebrated in the martial arts world.

At present, Ye Zhiqiu was completely engrossed in the projection of that legendary battle.

...

Lu Chenzhou met with the principal of the northern campus.

She appeared young, draped in an exquisite white great cloak, slender-waisted, carrying an ancient broadsword emanating millennia-old cold glacial Qi, with a somewhat strange style.

Golden Ruins Primordial Monarch·Shangguan Xue, ranked 45th on the All Nations top hundred board, an old-brand sword dao heavenly king. Previously at the All Nations Martial Arts Competition, her master, the Three Extremes Saint, encountered her. Despite striking hard for a moment with three weapons, he was defeated by one sword strike.

Shangguan Xue’s pupils were ice-blue, and she scrutinized Lu Chenzhou, seemingly curious to see just how divine this so-called "Enlightenment Saint Body" bearer was.

Admittedly, when Lu Chenzhou first met top-level strong figures, he worried about them discovering the Martial Arts Tree in his mind, but until now, it seemed no one had.

This Martial Arts Tree had its own mysterious essence.

Inside the room, utter silence reigned.

It was just him and this coldly beautiful woman who had lived for at least two hundred years.

Suddenly, Shangguan Xue showed a slight smile:

"What a handsome young man."

Lu Chenzhou’s heart skipped a beat.

This old grandma, stop teasing.

The female top-level strong figures of the Kunlun Sect, mostly those who practiced the "Four Seas and Eight Desolate Immortal Technique" to revert to youth, were a group of great-aged young girls.

Seeing that Lu Chenzhou was silenced by the teasing, Shangguan Xue said softly,

"Alas, it seems at my age, even with the divine skill reverting to youth, it’s not quite suitable to say such things...Never mind, I won’t torment you any longer. I called for you for a couple reasons, one is to thank you for unlocking the Dao Yun treasure of the Great Snow Mountain, allowing the projection of that unmatched battle to see the light of day again, and the other thing is, my sister wants to meet you."

Lu Chenzhou recalled the external rumors.

"Is your sister the Yaochi Immortal?"

He really didn’t know the real name of the Yaochi Immortal.

Shangguan Xue nodded:

"Exactly, my sister’s full name is... Shangguan Xian."

"What does the Yaochi Immortal senior want with me?"

"I don’t know either, she just wants to meet you...especially since you are considered by the Cangtian Dragon King to have an Absolute Peak presence, many at that level are quite curious about you."

"Absolute Peak presence? Dragon King’s valuation?"

Lu Chenzhou felt bewildered; the Dragon King actually thought so highly of him?

It seemed to be something well known among the higher echelons of the martial arts world.

As his talent and strength grew daily, and his perspective widened, the idolization filter had faded a little, yet he was still amazed to receive such an evaluation!

To have caught the eye of the Dragon King!

Shangguan Xue said,

"My sister is currently in Kunlun City; when you have time, you could visit her. If she’s pleased with you, she might reward you with something not inferior to a Dao Yun baptism."

"I have some matters to deal with first, but after that, I will definitely visit."

Lu Chenzhou was also curious.

The so-called most beautiful woman in the World, what was her true appearance like?

Shangguan Xue’s eyes shimmered with blue light as she looked toward the chest of Lu Chenzhou.

"You are wearing Cold Silkworm Robe underneath your training clothes, aren’t you?"

"Yes."

"Come with me."

She raised her hand, wrapping Lu Chenzhou in a chilly force field, and in a flash, she led him, turning into a streak of light, soaring into the heavens.

It was Lu Chenzhou’s first real experience of flying.

"A terrifying magnetic field negated the planet’s gravitational pull."

The speed of the Heavenly King Escape was incredibly fast, comparable to commercial airliner’s cruising speed in regular flight, able to reach supersonic speeds for short periods at full burst.

For an Absolute Peak Strong figure, supersonic flight was routine but compared to the fastest creations of human technology, physical flying was still much slower.

Before long.

Shangguan Xue brought Lu Chenzhou to a group of snowy mountains and then dived headfirst into an ice cavern located on the mountainside.

Passing through layers of heavy guards, before Lu Chenzhou appeared a cold pond that emitted intense cold without freezing, and on its edge grew a crooked tree.

He couldn’t help saying,

"Earth-Grade Treasure Tree·Xuanming Cold Sang."

Treasure Tree, also a type of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, differed from ordinary herbs in that every so often, it bore fruits in varying amounts. Therefore, among Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, the value of the Treasure Tree far surpassed treasures of the same level.

This Treasure Tree’s value was surpassed only by Heavenly Grade treasures.

Indeed, it was Kunlun Fairy Mountain.

In such a bitterly cold place, there still remained a Treasure Tree.

Shangguan Xue said,

"This tree bears fruit once every ten years, yielding three to five Xuan Grade [Xuansang Fruits]. If not picked, every hundred years it can bear one Earth Grade [Ming Sang Fruit]. But as you’ve seen, the fruits were already harvested in batches for teachers and students to refine. The next batch of [Xuansang Fruits] will mature in eight years, and my sister said she would save one for you. As for the Earth Grade [Ming Sang Fruit], forget it; a hundred years is too long to wait."

"Thank you, senior."

"My main purpose for bringing you here today is to give you another type of treasure."

Suddenly, Shangguan Xue whistled, and from the Cold Pond emerged a large meat worm, entirely translucent and covered with a layer of ice crystal armor, with two pairs of antennae on its forehead.

This meat worm was about ten feet long, its immense cold aura instantaneously freezing the moisture in the air, altering reality and causing snowflakes to drift inside the cave, creating a formidable force field no less powerful than that of a Grandmaster, causing Lu Chenzhou to turn his head.

"Heavenly Rank Mutant Beast..."

Mutant Beasts were divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Yellow.

Heaven Rank was the strongest Grandmaster Level Mutant Beast discovered.

Shangguan Xue, caressing the antennae on the meat worm’s forehead, said,

"This is Kunlun’s guardian beast, originally domesticated by the Great Snow Mountain. After the destruction of the Great Snow Mountain, this beast slumbered there and was later discovered by our school. After a thousand years of dormant cultivation, and being fed the leaves of Xuansang Tree, it finally ascended to Heavenly Grade."

Lu Chenzhou suddenly realized,

"The silk used in my Cold Silkworm Robe comes from this worm?"

"Correct. When the robe was forged, this worm was still an Earth Grade Mutant Beast. This worm spins silk by consuming the collected Original Cold Qi over time. My sister said this worm would expend sixty years’ worth of Cold Qi to assist in promoting your Da Xue Mountain Divine Weapon."

Lu Chenzhou, not one for pretense, repeatedly expressed his gratitude. If the robe were promoted to intermediate level, even facing a Grandmaster, the condensed Ice Crystal Armor could withstand a blow, and combined with the Great Sun Heavenly Dragon Cloak and the Ten Directions Cloud Stepping Boots, his survival capabilities would greatly increase.

Absolute Peak Strong individuals knew exactly what he needed.

Yaochi Immortal, considerate—truly one of the only two female Absolute Peaks.

Shangguan Xue said,

"Take off your Cold Silkworm Robe."

"Okay."

Lu Chenzhou immediately removed his robe.

He wore it as an undergarment.

Now, standing shirtless in this extremely cold cave, his skin turned bright red from the cold.

Even compared to the temperatures at the poles, this place was incomparable.

Shangguan Xue suspended the Cold Silkworm Robe in mid-air in front of the meat worm, which began to exhale a refined, almost celestial, cold qi thread that continuously infused into the robe.

Shangguan Xue glanced at Lu Chenzhou’s upper body.

"Your Hard Qi Gong training is not bad."

"My teachers taught me well."

Upon this thought, Lu Chenzhou’s gaze slightly dimmed.

Quick to observe, Shangguan Xue asked,

"What’s wrong?"

"One of my Hard Qi Gong teachers has gone missing."

"Do you mean Lufang?"

"Yes."

"Just missing, not dead... North Vajra, South Lufang, Evil Tiger, such figures, even if banished to the Void Realm, can still find a way to survive."

"True."

The first time Lu Chenzhou heard the news of Lufang’s disappearance a few days ago, he was genuinely shocked; in his mind, Evil Tiger had always been synonymous with invincibility.

It turned out that even such characters had fallen for the tricks of the Cult.

It only goes to show, there’s a higher mountain beyond each mountain, an inch taller demon beyond each inch of a god.

Time elapsed.

Shangguan Xue, observing the ice crystals on Lu Chenzhou’s skin, smiled and said,

"If you are too cold, come into my force field."

"Thank you, senior, I can handle it. This is good as a form of cultivation."

Suffering, too, was a way to cultivate Martial Arts Will.

The three great paths of Martial Arts included this method of ascetic practice.

Shortly thereafter, the large meat worm ended its breaths, its body looking shriveled and drained, listlessly soaking in the pond.

Its antennae hung limp, clearly unable to perk up.

Shangguan Xue gently patted the forehead of the worm and took out some valuable-looking treasures from her Storage Bag to feed it, to replenish its Original Cold Qi.

"I reward you with ten Xuansang Tree leaves."

The leaves relate to bearing fruit.

These fruits are strategic resources of Kunlun Martial Arts University.

Therefore, each one was invaluable.

After calming the large meat worm, Shangguan Xue waved in the void, and the Cold Silkworm Robe fell into Lu Chenzhou’s palm, instantly sending a soul-piercing chill throughout his body.

Shangguan Xue’s voice came through,

"Once the silk has fully digested the coldness, it will have a chance to promote to intermediate level."

"Thank you, senior."

Not long after.

Divine Chariot tore through the air, flying south.

Shangguan Xue, suspended in the gale, viewed the horizon.

"Martial Arts are not exclusive, my path is not solitary..."

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