Chapter 245 Siege of Kowloon Palace
th they possessed, as long as there was an imbalance in martial power strength, they would be under Xihai's threat.Once matters concerning the Nine Dragons Palace end, it signifies Xihai will invade D...Chapter 245: Siege of Nine Dragon Palace
"What does 'yī zhòng' mean" Xie Yujia widened her eyes and asked, looking at the bed made of brick-like mud. It was divided into three sections with a grid of shiny metallic mesh. On the left were all sorts of magical treasures, in the middle neatly stacked martial arts techniques, and on the right were bottles full of medicinal pills!
Hao Ren's book on the Five Elements Sword Formation was clearly just one of these casually picked out martial arts techniques!
And through those magical treasures that exuded a powerful aura, Hao Ren felt that they must all be top-tier magical treasures! Each and every one could rival Ceng Yitao’s wedding golden spear. Some were even more powerful than the scorpion dragon's golden spear!
Picking any of them out would allow him to refine it into a personal magical treasure!
"Creak." The wooden door behind them was gently pushed open.
Xie Yujia, who was in shock, jumped at the sound.
She and Hao Ren simultaneously turned around. They saw an old woman holding a bunch of green vegetables slowly walking into the room.
"Grandmother, we didn’t mean to look at your things," Xie Yujia stammered as she looked at her.
Hao Ren quickly put down the bed panel when he saw her.
The old woman came in and placed the vegetables on the table. She then pulled out a chair, nodded at Hao Ren and Xie Yujia, and pointed to the bed panel with her finger.
Hao Ren tugged at the shocked Xie Yujia's hand, sitting them down on the bed panel.
"I only have a few words to say." She looked at Xie Yujia and Hao Ren before raising her hand and pointing at Hao Ren. "You are going to marry Yujia. I’ve made up my mind."
“Eh” Xie Yujia was stunned for a moment.
"There’s nothing else left, you can go back now," the old woman waved her hand at Hao Ren.
Before Hao Ren could say anything, he felt an immense force pulling him away. This imposing attitude was even more powerful than Zhao Kuo and Zhao Guang combined!
The moment Hao Ren stepped out of the small room, the voice of the old woman echoed inside the house again, "Today I went to Dragon God Temple once again. If they don’t solve this matter, I will personally intervene! As for the East Sea Dragon Palace, I’ll also go there in person!"
Boom!
A powerful force exploded behind Hao Ren’s back, causing him to rush down a dozen steps in the alleyway!
Hao Ren's attitude toward Xie Yujia was ambiguous. This was just a small punishment!
But after the pain subsided, Hao Ren felt an immense amount of pure spiritual energy enter his body through this explosive force!
Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!
Four dragon orifices in a row—bang!
This was a small compensation given to Hao Ren by the old woman for him taking care of Xie Yujia these past few days!
Hao Ren turned back and found himself already at the entrance of Donghai University! The old woman directly sent him from this space to another!
This kind of exquisite spatial great ability is something that Zhao Kuo and Su Han cannot achieve!
The old woman must be a character more powerful than Heavenly Rank!
And above the Heavenly Rank is the Heaven Dragon Realm! Or a Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage!
Dum dum dum,
The sound of car horns woke Hao Ren from his confusion.
He looked around and found himself standing right in front of the entrance, blocking cars that wanted to enter the school grounds.
Moving aside a few steps, as he walked towards the dormitory, Hao Ren continued refining the Sword Shadow Technique once more.
Bang! Continuous explosions occurred within Hao Ren's Dragon Pellet!
Directly blasting open dozens of acupoints! Not too many or too little, a total of eight acupoints were cracked inside his Dragon Pellet. Just one more, and he would reach the Tremendous Rank!
The old woman's push in the void had planted a small explosive inside Hao Ren’s body, while him practicing the Sword Shadow Technique was like igniting a fuse, blasting all the acupoints within the Dragon Pellet open!
This brutal method of opening up acupoints nearly made Hao Ren spit out blood. But after feeling uncomfortable for a moment, he experienced an uplifting sensation after his upgrade.
Intentionally leaving one acupoint was to let Hao Ren open it himself!
In general terms, the old woman’s push benefitted him more than harmed him; she gave him great assistance but also imposed a small penalty.
She knew that Hao Ren's Sword Shadow Technique had slow progress in its earlier stages and thus provided him with an extra boost!
Sensing the changes within his body, Hao Ren was both surprised and delighted. As he walked towards the dormitory, he suddenly thought about what would have happened if the power she planted inside his body was not this force but a “massive bomb.” In that case, it wouldn’t be helping him blast open the dragon acupoints; instead, it would have instantly killed him!
Thinking of this, Hao Ren broke out in cold sweat.
He returned to Dormitory Building No. 7 for males and had not entered his dorm yet when he heard shouts inside like "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" (Red Heart One Pair).
The moment they saw Hao Ren entering the dorm, they immediately started shouting, “Ah Ren, treat us to dinner!”
"What for" Hao Ren feigned ignorance.
“Don’t you invite us to dinner after chasing down Xie Yujia If you don't invite us to eat, we’ll be wary of your wall being breached! If you treat us to a meal, who will dare to disturb Xie Yujia in the future!” They clamored.
Seeing their enthusiastic attitudes, Hao Ren felt helpless. "Alright, alright, I'll treat you all to dinner in a few days."
In reality, with his current strength, no ordinary person could bully Xie Yujia; even if the entire dormitory of male students combined, they might not be able to match up against Hao Ren now.
But it was precisely this strong camaraderie that made Hao Ren feel that human warmth was most important in university life. This must have been one reason why Zhao Hongyu sent Zhao Yanzi to the campus for training.
After washing up, Zhou Liren and the others were still playing cards. Hao Ren quietly went to his top bunk for cultivation practice. With just a light strike from the old lady, he had managed to open several dragon elixir acupoints, making him need an entire night to solidify his realm.
This quiet night passed in the blink of an eye, and Monday morning arrived soon after. Hao Ren woke up, walked onto the balcony, looked up, and found that the Nine Dragons Palace high above in the sky was surrounded by densely packed cultivators from all directions.
The scene seemed like entering a beehive, with bees flying around the palace.
"I observed the night sky just now. There must be something significant happening soon," Zhou Liren said as he walked out onto the balcony in his pajamas to stand behind Hao Ren.
Hao Ren turned and looked at him; he was almost fooled by what he said.
Zhou Liren suddenly put on a playful expression, leaning close to Hao Ren. "Brother Ren, don't you think the twin beauties will cause a ruckus in Heaven when you establish your relationship with Xie Yujia" It turned out that this was what he meant by something significant happening. Hao Ren helplessly glanced at him.
"Or why not Brother Ren, could you do us all a favor and let the twin beauties be our girls" Zhou Liren leaned even closer to Hao Ren, his saliva nearly dripping onto Hao Ren's shoulder.
Hao Ren looked at him, speechless. Perhaps in their eyes, Lu Linlin and Lu LiLi also harbored feelings for Hao Ren, which is why no other boys were allowed!
Hao Ren raised his head to look at the gloomy sky again; the issue of the Nine Dragons Palace needed to be resolved first. Other matters could wait. Zeng Yitao had been deprived of his life-bound法寶 (treasure), but he hadn't come looking for Hao Ren yet, likely because he was also preparing for the assault on the palace.
Today was the day many cultivators would collectively attempt to enter the Nine Dragons Palace!
Hao Ren left the dormitory building and headed straight for Su Han's office. It seemed that Su Han had anticipated Hao Ren coming, as her door was already open.
"This time is much bigger than before. Even half of the cultivation sects from the sixth layer have come," Su Han said directly without any pleasantries to Hao Ren.
Out the window, in the sky outside were various colored lights flashing around the palace, like colorful bees flying and dancing around it.
"Should we call Lu Linlin and Lu LiLi" Hao Ren asked her.
"No need. There are too many people trying to enter this time, far exceeding my expectations; adding them would be impossible for me to manage," Su Han said coolly.
"Then when do we go in" Hao Ren asked.
"At the hour of Yang (around 9 am)," replied Su Han.
"What preparations should I make now" Hao Ren asked again.
"Cultivate," Su Han said simply, closing her eyes and entering a meditative state.
Hao Ren choked on his words and could only find his usual spot to sit down.
The spiritual energy in Su Han's office was denser than outside due to the array formations she had set up around it.
Hao Ren focused, hoping to open his last acupoint and reach the Earth realm. Reaching the Earth realm meant breaking through from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation stage for cultivation sects; this was a very critical step.
However, some people needed only days or months while others might need years or even decades or their entire lives to form their cores!
Hao Ren had the help of dragon elixir acupoints, making his cultivation speed ten times or more faster than ordinary cultivators. If an ordinary cultivator practiced Sword Image and Light Separation Technique (分光劍影決), their progression would be as slow as a snail's pace!
The qi was seeping into Hao Ren's body bit by bit, nourishing his dragon cinnabar through the meridians. Although the efficiency of Sword Shadow Decision wasn't the fastest, it was absolutely the most stable!
All the acupoints vibrated together, just like a heartbeat, forming an intimate connection with Hao Ren’s body.
This must be what reaching the Vibration Level feels like. What people refer to as "forming cinnabar" is when one forms Golden Cinnabar within their body; for dragons, it means truly activating the dragon cinnabar!
As Hao Ren was carefully feeling out his body and searching for an opportunity for breakthrough, Su Han suddenly said, "The time has come. Let's go!"
A streak of white light flashed up; Su Han grabbed hold of Hao Ren and cast a barrier before rushing towards the sky!
Her expression was unusually cold and resolute, as if she would definitely succeed in this trip to the Nine Dragons Palace. And Hao Ren was her living map.
The vast area around the Nine Dragons Palace was swarming with cultivators riding on flying swords; they had surrounded the palace from all directions, waiting for the right moment to attack it!
Boom! Su Han unleashed a Middle Grade Heavenly Level pressure!
The surrounding Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators were shocked and retreated hundreds of meters away.
"A dragon race's Heavenly Level cultivator!" Finally, someone recognized her identity and shouted out.
But Su Han didn't care about their chatter. She saw Hao Ren standing behind her on the long sword, still tightly gripping onto her arms; his face was a bit pale as he said, "Let go!"
Hao Ren looked down at the ten thousand feet altitude and still held onto Su Han's soft arm.
That was a joke. If you can ride on your sword, I'll drop to my death!
Seeing that all cultivators within several hundred meters were staring at them, Su Han finally couldn't maintain her composure and pushed Hao Ren with her elbow: "Let go! Release your spiritual beast!"
"Ah Whitey" Hao Ren was stunned for a moment. One hand holding onto Su Han, the other reached into his spatial ring to grab out the fluffy ball of fur that was Whitey.
"Throw it away," said Su Han.
“Throw” Hao Ren still felt doubtful. Although Whitey was shameless, he basically loved it.
"It's lazy! Not incapable!" Su Han finally couldn't hold back her anger; the look on her frowning face made her even more beautiful!
Whitey looked at Hao Ren with pitiful eyes. But Hao Ren was willing to believe in Su Han and tossed Whitey out of his hands.
Chu-chu! Chu-chu! Chu-chuuu,
Whitey plummeted straight down!
"Su Han, save Whitey!" Hao Ren shouted urgently.
Bang…
A few dozen meters into the drop, Whitey suddenly grew in size; flames sprouted from its claws, and it shot up into the air!fend against the dazzling sword beams, secretly shocked: In just a few days, Hao Ren had already reached the level of Geng.Given HAO Ren's rate of growth, if his strength cannot be neutralized, he wil...