355: Chapter 355 The Strange Spirit Transformation Realm

Gu Yi's brows furrowed tightly as he thought for a moment. He stroked his chin and said:

"Is it possible that back then, Dongfang Hao was just like you, simply having a personal grudge? Actually, to Azure Dragon Island, you're both biting the hand that feeds you..."

"..."

Once those words were spoken, Xiao Weiqing was momentarily unable to retort.

"Hahaha... I'm just saying." Gu Yi laughed heartily. "The Azure Dragon Divine Hall doesn't leave a very good impression in our hearts; we always feel like there's some conspiracy. Our ancestors once told us that destiny must be held in one's own hands."

Speaking of conspiracies, Xiao Weiqing suddenly thought of something.

"Speaking of conspiracies, Senior Gu Yi has reminded me of something."

"Reminded you of what?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "Seniors, do you know what benefits the Elf Divine Envoy promised me when she tricked me into seizing the primal divine light?"

"What benefits? A divine charm treasure or an Innate Skill?"

"A talent, Rank 7."

"A Rank 7 Innate Skill?"

Everyone was shocked.

"A Rank 7 Innate Skill? How was that preserved?"

"Quite the Azure Dragon Divine Hall; they really did keep a trick up their sleeve."

The Great Xia officials also possess methods to strip Innate Skills, but the ones they preserve are Rank 6 at most.

Xiao Weiqing shook his head and said:

"Seniors, it wasn't a Rank 7 Innate Skill."

"It was a Rank 7 talent."

"A complete talent."

"What?!!"

All the experts stood up abruptly, a chill sweeping through their entire bodies.

"Xiao Weiqing, is what you're saying true?"

Ye Yinhong asked coldly.

"Of course," Xiao Weiqing confirmed. "The Elf Divine Envoy used this as a condition to get me to compete for the primal divine light."

"The Elf Divine Envoy also told me that the talent she'd give me was fire-elemental. Seniors, do you know what this represents?"

Gu Yi's eyes narrowed as he said, "This represents that the Divine Hall likely has more than just this one Rank 7 talent. Otherwise, it couldn't be such a coincidence that they happened to have a fire-elemental one for you."

"Exactly, Senior Gu is right. That's precisely it."

The experts fell silent, their Faces filled with thought.

Through an Awakening, one can obtain an Extraordinary Talent. Their Ranks vary, with the highest being Rank 6.

This is universally acknowledged on Blue Star.

For a hundred years, it has been this way across the Four Great Nations, without exception.

Now, someone was telling them that the Divine Hall possessed Rank 7 Extraordinary Talents?

This wasn't something that could be explained by simply keeping a trick up their sleeve.

The Divine Hall must be hiding something from them.

Thinking deeper, their own Extraordinary Talents require a Second Awakening to potentially upgrade again. Why couldn't they possess Rank 7 or Rank 8 Extraordinary Talents from the start?

With the Spiritual Qi rejuvenation and this cultivation system, why must it be so troublesome?

Cultivation is already difficult for the Human Race. If the gods took pity on the world and the Divine Hall truly wanted to help Great Xia, it shouldn't be like this.

The various actions of the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy and the Elf Divine Envoy are all very suspicious.

"Although these are just our speculations, I feel they're likely close to the truth. Don't you Seniors think that our cultivation system, specifically the Spirit Transformation Realm, is a bit strange? There's actually no real difference from the Sixth Realm; it's just Mental Energy breaking through to 7."

The Blue Star extraordinary cultivation system: Awakening leads to the Initial Realm; opening the Dantian is the Second Realm; breaking through the three passes is the Third Realm; condensing Spiritual Qi into liquid is the Fourth Realm; the Second Awakening is the Fifth Realm, which is the first transformation for a cultivator, where they begin to absorb and utilize universal energy.

Next.

The Sixth Realm is Mortal Transformation, shedding the mortal coil completely. The Seventh Realm is Spirit Transformation. The Eighth Realm is the Divine Body, Constructing a Divine Body.

Every Realm has a clear significance.

Only the Seventh Realm Spirit Transformation is particularly strange. Spirit Transformation—what does it mean?

Transforming into what spirit?

How does one achieve Spirit Transformation?

"Xiao Weiqing, speak. What do you want us to do?"

"Yeah, speak up. I'll follow your lead."

"Damn, the more I think about it now, the more chilled I feel. I always feel like Great Xia, and even Blue Star, are caught in a massive conspiracy."

The other experts felt the same way.

Xiao Weiqing said, "Then this Junior will speak plainly. The main goal of this plan is to draw out the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy or someone from the Azure Dragon Divine Hall's side. At the very least, we must make them know and believe that Dongfang Baichen is truly injured."

"This way, the day after tomorrow, when it's time to return the azure dragon divine stele, the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy will definitely come. Otherwise, the Divine Hall won't be able to take the azure dragon divine stele away."

"But now, dozens of Eighth Realm Experts from the Tianlang Empire and Xuanwu Kingdom have entered Jingdu Prefecture with ill intentions. We must guard against them."

"So I hope to form an alliance with you all to first stabilize the experts within our Great Xia. We mustn't fall into chaos and let others take advantage of the situation."

"If, by any chance, the Tianlang Empire and Xuanwu Kingdom start something, I hope you can persuade the other Great Xia experts to hold them off for a while. Once I'm free, none of those people will be able to escape."

Everyone present was of high strength and seniority, and they were well-connected, possessing considerable Face. Of course, most importantly, with Ye Yinhong's confirmation, none of them had any ties to the Divine Hall.

Gu Yi said, "That's no problem. We didn't come here to cause trouble. If the situation weren't so chaotic and there weren't so many experts here, I would have just shamelessly gone to ask that kid Dongfang Baichen how he cultivated a Divine Soul."

"Exactly, Gu Yi is right."

"Xiao Weiqing, although one must always be wary of others, I know many of those old fellows who came to Jingdu Prefecture. Most of them are only here for the Divine Soul matter. If those bastards from the Tianlang Empire really dare to cause trouble here, we'll definitely swarm them and slaughter every single one."

Xiao Weiqing nodded. "I naturally trust you Seniors; otherwise, I wouldn't have invited you."

Xu Feng said, "In that case, shouldn't you tell us what we'll get for our efforts?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "We are going to the Divine Hall no matter what."

"Since you Seniors are helping, once we take over the Divine Hall, if there's an opportunity to enter the Ninth Realm—whether it's the primal divine light or the Soul Cultivation Technique—all of you here will have priority in comprehending them."

"This promise was decided unanimously by the Dongfang Family and the high-level officials of Great Xia."

"Good, it's a deal!"

Gu Yi stood up and said.

The other experts all agreed as well. An opportunity to enter the Ninth Realm was being handed to them; who would want to miss it?

"That scoundrel Ning Xing has taken on a good disciple. He still thinks of this old man when there's something good. Xiao Weiqing, you mustn't learn from your teacher in the future, always thinking of swindling this old man's retirement savings."

"Exactly, that scoundrel is no good. Last time, he even swindled me out of 30 divine charm treasures," Ye Yinhong condemned.

Xiao Weiqing was helpless and could only smile apologetically.

After a moment, he spoke again.

"Seniors, if any of your Juniors are in the Azure Dragon Academy or the Azure Dragon Training Camp, have them leave tomorrow."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid the Azure Dragon Divine Hall will use them as leverage or even act out of desperation."

"Alright, that makes sense. I'll have my grandson leave Azure Dragon Island right now." Ye Yinhong walked to the side to make a call.

Gu Yi asked, "If we have all of Great Xia's geniuses leave Azure Dragon Island, won't that alert the enemy?"

"It won't," Xiao Weiqing said. "In fact, a few months ago, Senior Dongfang and my teacher already stormed Azure Dragon Island once. Both sides are currently playing with their cards on the table; there's no such thing as alerting the enemy."

"That's good then."

Having reached an agreement with the experts, Xiao Weiqing left the clubhouse and disappeared into the night.

The nine Eighth Realm Peak experts also began contacting their various friends...