48: Qi Gathering Elixir
"Are you ready?" Hou Wu asked.
"All set!" Song Xian was wearing a suit of golden armor, with a giant sword strapped to his back!
He patted Lin Yidong on the shoulder and said, "Don't be nervous! It's just a live stream!"
Lin Yidong, standing to the side, seemed not to hear him. With a stiff expression, he said, "Dean, why don't you let Lu Zhuo come instead? This kind of high-profile event doesn't suit me!"
The other person, however, was extremely excited. Leng Qinghe had changed into a sexy outfit and had specifically put on makeup.
"Rest assured, except for Song Xian, both you and Qing He must wear masks! Our SSS-level Talent Awakened ones cannot be easily exposed. Song Xian alone is enough!"
"Yidong! Remember to use your 'Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin' with full power! It's especially intimidating!" Song Xian laughed.
Take off!
A live broadcast speech aimed at the entire nation was about to begin.
Spiritual wings sprouted from behind the three of them simultaneously, and they flew high into the sky!
"Let's go! We'll choose that small mountain as the live broadcast location!"
Leng Qinghe and Lin Yidong, wearing their masks, flew together toward the broadcast site!
Major media outlets in Huaxia were ready to connect to this live broadcast facing the people of the entire nation.
As the dedicated broadcast drone finished its calibration, this aerial live stream officially began.
"Hello, audience across the nation! I am the strongest from the First Cultivation University—Song Xian!"
"I am also the strongest in Huaxia, and perhaps the strongest person on Earth today!"
"Both I and the two behind me are SSS-level Talent Awakened ones from Huaxia!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the chat sections in all the major broadcast rooms exploded! The strongest on Earth? That's bragging to the high heavens. Is this really an official Huaxia broadcast? Is there some mistake?
Song Xian revealed his signature smile, his mouth stretching into an exaggerated arc, almost showing all his teeth. He laughed out loud:
"I, Song Xian, promise that within thirty days, I will eradicate a Blue-level Secret Realm in Huaxia! Those who disagree, come to the First Cultivation University after thirty days and challenge the sword in my hand!"
Song Xian pulled out the giant sword on his back with one hand and suddenly slashed horizontally toward the mountain behind him!
He shouted, "Slash!"
In the broadcast, the camera switched to a wide-angle shot, and a golden Sword Qi hundreds of meters long was unleashed from Song Xian's giant sword.
"Rumble!"
The Sword Qi passed through trees and rocks, unstoppable! It left behind only a clean, neat cut.
A loud noise came through the stream, and the distant mountaintop was clearly sliced off cleanly! It kicked up rolling dust and smoke!
"???"
"???"
Countless question marks floated across the broadcast room, exclaiming that this was inhuman!
Standing behind Song Xian, Lin Yidong and Leng Qinghe felt cold sweat dripping down. In that instant, they felt the oppression of death; if they had been hit, they would have undoubtedly died.
Both are in the Qi Sea Realm, both are SSS-level, is the difference in strength really that of clouds and mud?
"But! Boss, why didn't you follow the script?" Lin Yidong was speechless. Wasn't there supposed to be a passionate speech?
Zhang Sheng was watching the live stream at that moment. "Is this really a Realm that can be reached right now?"
Even just watching the broadcast, Zhang Sheng could infer that Song Xian's Dantian must contain astonishing amounts of spiritual power, perhaps he had already broken through to the Divine Breath Realm!
On screen, Song Xian hoisted the giant sword and continued with a smile:
"Everyone, rest assured, with us here, Huaxia is safe! Just let the nations of the world watch! Secret Realm Yao Beasts are their nightmares, but they are the resources for us Huaxia Cultivators!"
"Sword God, it's your turn!"
Lin Yidong, wearing his mask, was a bit confused. What do you mean it's my turn? And when did you give me the nickname 'Sword God'?
Lin Yidong had no choice but to bring his two fingers together and point one hand toward the sky.
In the camera shot, thousands of sword shadows appeared in the sky. Looking closely, each sword was different.
"Sword! Come!" Lin Yidong shouted.
Thousands of Flying Sword phantoms danced around the three of them, filling the entire broadcast screen, and then flew toward the sky.
He didn't dare to imitate Song Xian by attacking the distant mountain; otherwise, he would have been exposed.
Although the three of them didn't give the speech according to the script, they inspired the millions of people watching the stream.
Too strong!
Whether it was ordinary Cultivators or the elites trained by universities, everyone was shocked by the simple display of power in the broadcast!
Is this even human?
This was the most common exclamation in the broadcast room.
Some also suspected it was broadcast special effects, and some nosy streamers soon found the mountaintop that Song Xian had sliced off during the broadcast.
As it turned out, the mountaintop, which had been sliced off like a mirror, still retained residual heat.
The matter continued to ferment, and people even kept going to that mountaintop to check in!
Now, no one doubted Huaxia's ability to subjugate Blue-level Secret Realms, and violent crimes in Huaxia decreased sharply, with remarkable results.
...
The First Cultivation University in Huaxia was still hiding these three SSS-level Talent Awakened ones; Zhang Sheng had suspected as much since he last saw Lu Zhuo.
Let them be strong; Zhang Sheng believed that his own achievements would not necessarily be weaker than theirs.
The spirit rain formed by the Spring Breeze Turning into Rain Technique watered the Spiritual Plants, and all of them broke through to three years of age.
On the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
A white man lying on a sofa was watching Song Xian's live stream video.
"Three SSS-level Talent Awakened ones! It really makes one covet them!" Alexander Rodi licked his lips, as if he had seen delicious food.
"My lord, the Commander said we cannot eat the SSS-level ones domestically, but he didn't say we couldn't take action against those abroad." The blonde woman in his arms caressed his chest.
"Baby! Are you trying to get me killed?" Rodi slapped the woman's buttocks.
A soft moan followed.
Based on Huaxia's style, Song Xian's strength was bound to be even greater than what was shown in the broadcast. Although his own Talent was strong, facing Song Xian right now would mean certain death.
"However, we can put Huaxia aside for now. We can take action against India; I heard they have over twenty SSS-level ones!" Rodi checked the confidential files sent by the FBI.
...
Cultivation has no passage of time; seven days passed!
Zhang Sheng stood in the air above the great river. A water dragon leaped up, dancing around Zhang Sheng's body as if it had a life of its own.
The water dragon stopped in front of Zhang Sheng, then instantly turned into countless ice crystals, like an ice sculpture.
"Water Binding, Freeze! It's done!"
Following the "Wood Prison Cage" and "Electric Shock", the two Spells "Water Binding" and "Freeze" had also been cultivated to the Perfected State.
At the same time, looking at the changes in the progress of the spirit harmony grass, blood jade lingzhi, and red sun flower, he knew that the ten-year-old Spiritual Plants were considered successful!
For the fifty mu of ten-year-old Spiritual Plants, Zhang Sheng had waited for a full fifteen days to prepare for refining the qi gathering pill!
Because he didn't know exactly how many qi gathering pills he needed, Zhang Sheng had planted nearly three hundred thousand Spiritual Plants across the fifty mu of spiritual fields.
"That should be enough!"
Start the furnace for Alchemy!
Zhang Sheng returned to the pill furnace room he had rented previously and took out his mysterious fire alchemy furnace.
Unlike the essence food pill and spirit food pill, the amount of medicinal ingredients put into each furnace for refining the qi gathering pill is fixed, and the number of Medicinal Pills that can be refined is also fixed. Either it fails to form a pill, or if it succeeds, it will always yield nine pills.
Perhaps it was because he had already refined the supreme-grade First-Tier Pill, the spirit food pill.
Zhang Sheng succeeded on his very first furnace of qi gathering pills!
"Skill: Refining qi gathering pill (Beginner: 9/10)"