Lu Shang was furious.
This martial arts tournament was supposed to be the first step in his plan, a stage provided by the Second Prince of Great Zhou to build his own fame and power.
From then on, he would have a meteoric rise and eventually become the master of the Jiuzhou Continent.
Of course, this wasn’t just his own idea.
It was also the promise Elder Hun had made to him.
But things had gone wrong right from the start. Not only had he failed to gain any fame, but he had also been brutally beaten for no reason, nearly getting his front teeth knocked out.
This outcome was completely different from what had been described and what he had envisioned.
It was no wonder Lu Shang found it so hard to accept.
The black-robed man he called Elder Hun showed no change in expression, his pitch-black eyes betraying little emotion. He spoke in a hoarse voice, "There was indeed a small mishap. I suspect my arrangements were discovered by those people. As for that young man you just fought... what if I told you he was a Martial Saint? Would you believe me?"
Hearing the words ’Martial Saint’...
Lu Shang’s eyebrows shot up, and his eyes widened. "How is that possible? How old is he?"
He was twelve years old and had only just become a Grandmaster of Martial Arts.
And that was with a constant string of fortuitous encounters.
How could the Crown Prince of Great Zhou be so fast?
Lu Shang couldn’t understand.
Elder Hun paused, falling silent for a long time before speaking again. "For now, I can’t figure out his origins either. But I can tell you one thing: his soul and spirit are both incredibly profound. He is definitely not a young man. He’s most likely an old monster who has lived for who knows how many years... Now that I’ve told you this, can you accept the outcome?"
After hearing Elder Hun’s explanation and learning that Li Chang’an was likely an old monster, Lu Shang’s emotions finally stabilized. He nodded and said, "To think that even you can’t see through him... It seems his background is truly significant!"
Elder Hun continued, "Don’t worry about this matter. I will investigate his origins. For now, you should stick to the original plan."
A hint of reluctance flashed in Lu Shang’s eyes, but he knew he couldn’t let a minor setback derail the entire plan. He immediately nodded.
Elder Hun turned and quickly vanished into a corner, his slightly chilling voice echoing faintly, "I have told you repeatedly not to casually use the power of your soul. It’s easy to attract the attention of those people. Yet today, you used it in front of everyone... You’d better hope I don’t find out about a next time..."
Hearing Elder Hun’s faint, echoing voice, Lu Shang couldn’t help but shudder.
He knew that Elder Hun didn’t care about the other matters, but this... this had truly touched Elder Hun’s reverse scale.
He had wanted to offer a few words of explanation.
But Elder Hun was already gone, leaving behind only the dilapidated idol and the flickering candlelight beneath it, which could never quite dispel the darkness.
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Li Chang’an returned to the Great Zhou Capital.
The Crown Prince’s Mansion was vast, but Li Chang’an rarely liked to spend much time there.
In the beginning, Li Chang’an usually stayed in the rear courtyard of the Imperial Palace, discussing the Martial Dao with the patriarch, Li Lin.
But as time went on, and Li Lin found himself sweating bullets trying to answer his barrage of questions, their discussions could no longer continue.
Nowadays, whenever Li Lin saw him from a distance, he would make a detour.
Li Chang’an had no other choice but to go to the Library Pavilion by himself and continue to study the Martial Dao.
After entering the Library Pavilion.
Li Chang’an found a quiet spot and sat down cross-legged. With a wave of his sleeve, an ink-black sphere appeared in his hand.
This was the hidden trap that the Child of Destiny, Lu Shang, had left on Li Yuanqing.
Li Chang’an had used his formidable Spiritual Power and profound soul to forcibly extract and strip it away, then compressed it into its current form.
’An attack method that directly targets the soul.’
Even in the Main World, Li Chang’an had never heard of such a Cultivation Method.
Of course, just because he hadn’t heard of it didn’t mean it didn’t exist.
After all, the waters of the Main World ran just as deep. The powerful Reincarnators were all well-hidden, and it was hard to say whether they possessed similar techniques.
It just proved that this kind of technique was extremely rare and powerful.
Controlling the Divine Soul Power that was still burning within the sphere, Li Chang’an carefully used his Spiritual Power to extract a tiny wisp of flame.
Placing the tiny wisp of flame in his palm, Li Chang’an widened his eyes and examined it closely.
[With Heaven-defying Comprehension, you have detected the existence of the Divine Soul Flame and gained a more comprehensive understanding of your own soul, spirit, body, and vital energy!]
[With Heaven-defying Comprehension, you have detected the existence of the Divine Soul Flame and gained a more comprehensive understanding of your own soul, spirit, body, and vital energy!]
[With Heaven-defying Comprehension, you have detected the existence of the Divine Soul Flame and gained a more comprehensive understanding of your own soul, spirit, body, and vital energy!]
As he held the flame in his palm, his Heaven-defying Comprehension quickly took effect.
Li Chang’an soon realized that this mysterious and bizarre power was not formed purely from spirit or soul, but was a force created by fusing one’s soul, spirit, body, and vital energy together as one.
This aggregated power was collectively known as the Power of the Divine Soul.
The Power of the Divine Soul could manifest in any form. It could attack the soul, it could attack the spirit, and it could even manifest from illusion into reality to harm the physical body and vital energy.
"Holy crap, this is truly heaven-defying!"
After clearly discerning the properties of this power, Li Chang’an was utterly shocked.