Tyrant Sky Martial Sou
Chapter 986

Chapter 986: 986

The terrifying Annihilation Sword Intent raged throughout the entire cultivation room.

However, this horrifying Sword Intent was not released by Ling Xiao himself, but came from the Mountain and River Martial Soul.

Ling Xiao’s excavation of the treasure vault was still at the beginner stage; up till now, he was merely toddling along like an infant.

Interestingly, even in the face of such powerful Sword Intent, the Butterfly Girl didn’t seem afraid at all.

All the Sword Intent that struck her was easily dissolved, as if it couldn’t cause any harm.

This unique constitution would have certainly shocked Ling Xiao if he had seen it.

However, Ling Xiao was completely immersed in his cultivation, oblivious to the outside world.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

Spring Festival was approaching, but for many, it might not be celebrated happily.

Take Pixiu Island, for example.

During the month Ling Xiao cultivated, Pixiu Island was besieged by forces from the Phoenix God Empire and Black Crow Empire, as well as experts from many other islands.

Eventually, even the island itself was bombarded into the depths of the sea.

Pixiu Island was utterly destroyed.

However, it was said that Chu Mu, the young master of Pixiu Island, was saved by a mysterious savior and had gone missing.

But it was just Chu Mu alone, and not many cared. With Pixiu Island destroyed, many felt their anger was appeased. Aside from a small number still searching for Chu Mu’s whereabouts, the rest had moved on from the matter.

Then there was Phoenix God College, which didn’t fare well either.

The arms of two vice presidents were broken by Ling Xiao, severely affecting the college’s reputation.

In an effort to bolster the college’s reputation and take revenge on Qingxu College,

with the efforts of Marvellous Hand Heavenly Lord Sun Shang, the cost-effective "Returning Heaven Pill" was produced.

The Returning Heaven Pill is something every martial artist needs, mainly used for restoring Heavenly Origin Power. Of course, it can also be used to recover True Essence, True Qi, and so on.

As long as it’s inner strength, it can be restored.

The effect was also very good, and coupled with its low price, it quickly became a bestselling pill in the Imperial City and throughout the entire Phoenix God Empire.

Not to mention other places, just within this Imperial City alone, thanks to the Returning Heaven Pill, Phoenix God College had virtually taken over the pill market from Qingxu College.

The loss of this market meant not just a loss of face and honor for Qingxu College but also a significant loss of income.

Without this income, many disciples left Qingxu College to join Phoenix God College.

After all, unlike a sect, one could choose to leave an academy.

Though morally questionable, there was nothing wrong with it according to the rules.

This caused Qingxu College’s upper echelons considerable headaches.

Ling Xiao, of course, was unaware of these issues. His month of cultivation not only healed his injuries, but his spirit significantly improved as well.

His cultivation level had climbed to the pinnacle of Five Elements Heavenly Peak. Whether he could break through to the Six Arts Realm was still a matter of chance.

Just like the Transcendent Realm, the further one progresses in the Heavenly Man Realm, the more difficult the breakthrough becomes.

After all, the demand for energy and wisdom continually accumulates.

When he left seclusion, Ji Mingkong and others were still in cultivation.

So he returned alone to Qingxu College.

Upon his return to the college, he immediately noticed an air of gloom and despair; the number of students within the college had noticeably decreased.

Before, there were at least thirty to forty thousand, but now, at most, only about ten thousand remain.

On the road, he encountered Feng Qingyan, intending to go forward and greet her, but saw that Feng Qingyan didn’t stop at all, as if she hadn’t seen him, brushing past with furrowed brows.

In that instant, Ling Xiao distinctly felt the frustration and anger accumulating inside Feng Qingyan’s body.

"What’s happened? Even Vice President Qingyan, who’s usually so easygoing, is in such a hurry?"

Ling Xiao was somewhat taken aback and puzzled, wanting to chase after her and inquire, but Feng Qingyan’s figure had already disappeared.

"Ling Xiao! You’ve emerged from seclusion!"

Just then, a slightly anxious voice rang out.

Ling Xiao turned around and saw that it was Feng Yanran dressed in red.

"Oh, it’s Miss Yan Ran."

Ling Xiao had a good impression of Feng Yanran; except for their first encounter in the Imperial City, Feng Yanran almost always supported him in whatever matters arose.

Just for that reason alone, he couldn’t afford to be anything but polite to Feng Yan Ran.

"This is a secret healing medicine concocted by our Fire Phoenix Clan; take it and use it. I wasn’t able to help much with the incident last time, and you suffered for it," Feng Yanran sighed.

At that moment, as other disciples from the academy passed by and saw Lady Yanran of the esteemed Fire Phoenix Clan actually giving a gift to a common disciple, they were both envious and jealous.

The anxiety on her face seemed to have somewhat eased as well.

"Thank you."

Ling Xiao accepted the healing medicine with a smile.

Although he said his injuries had already healed, he couldn’t just snub her kindness.

Seeing that Ling Xiao had accepted her gift, Feng Yanran also brightened, and a flush of red appeared on her pretty face.

"Cough cough, well, Miss Yan Ran, has anything happened at the academy recently? Why does everyone seem so worried and irritable?"

Ling Xiao cleared his throat twice, dispelling the ambiguous awkwardness, and quickly changed the subject.

Mentioning this, Feng Yanran also shook her head with a sense of helplessness.

"Indeed, since the Phoenix God College lost face last time, that Marvellous Hand Heavenly Lord Sun Shang concocted a high-quality and affordable divine medicine called the Returning Heaven Pill. The thing is, not only is it priced reasonably, but its effects are quite remarkable as well, and it’s produced in large quantities, making it extremely popular among the martial artists."

Feng Yanran continued, "Due to this, our Qingxu College’s pill market has been almost completely squeezed and shrunk.

As you know, the economic basis determines the superstructure; without money, the college can’t accomplish anything, and many students have chosen to leave Qingxu College, succumbing to the pressures and temptations from Phoenix God College, opting to defect.

Sigh, so much has changed in just one short month; these days aren’t easy for us."

"No wonder I saw Vice President Qingyan looking so grim earlier."

Ling Xiao couldn’t help but smile and said, "It seems Phoenix God College really held a grudge about the last incident. But in the end, it’s just Sun Shang. How impressive can a high-level alchemist of the Yellow Rank be? Could he really turn the tide?"

"A high-level alchemist of the Yellow Rank doesn’t rate in your eyes?"

Feng Yanran looked at Ling Xiao in surprise.

As everyone knows, once pills reach a certain grade, they are classified into four ranks: Heavenly, Earthly, Mysterious, and Yellow.

Within each rank, there are five sub-ranks: low, middle, high, supreme, and transcendent.

Alchemists are also graded based on the level of pills they can competently concoct.

For example, someone who can proficiently concoct advanced pills of the Yellow Rank is considered a high-level alchemist of the Yellow Rank.

Sun Shang is an alchemist of this caliber, considered the best in both the Heavenly Dragon Continent and Divine Phoenix Continent, and it is said that no one is stronger than him.