Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 3 Competition
The Jiang Mansion was shrouded in light mist in the early morning. The faint morning light shone through the mist onto the martial arts field, where a pair of young people were competing.

"Jiang Xian, your arrow is still too slow."

"Jiang Xuan, your gun is also frighteningly slow."

"No matter how big or small, call me brother!"

"I'm only one year younger than you. Besides, do you look like a brother?"

Jiang Xuan was about to retort when Jiang Xian shot an arrow: "Look at the arrow!"

The arrow hit Jiang Xuan's bun right on target, and it looked like a very long hairpin with indigo feathers.

Jiang Xuan was unable to react in time and stood there with the spear half-raised in his hand.

After a while, amid Jiang Xian's loud laughter, Jiang Xuan looked up, then looked at Jiang Xian who was laughing so hard that he was rolling on the ground, and said angrily: "You...you...you...have no moral principles!"

Jiang Xuan stuck the spear into the ground, then tapped his heel. The tip of the spear took advantage of the situation and pulled the arrow out of his hair and shot it towards Jiang Xian. Jiang Xian dodged to the side and the arrow fell to the ground.

Obviously, the arrow was not very powerful.

Seeing Jiang Xian's somewhat flustered dodging, Jiang Xuan showed a smug look on his face, holding up his gun and taking a stance: "That last time doesn't count, let's try again!"

Jiang Xian took out three arrows from his quiver, and with his slender white fingers, he placed all three arrows on the bowstring at the same time. He drew the bow and said to Jiang Xuan, "Today, I will let you see the power of the Three-Circle Dragon Arrow."

Jiang Xuan gripped the black spear in his hand, his eyes determined: "Come on!"

"Whoosh!"

Three arrows flew off the bowstring simultaneously, piercing the air with a sharp whistle, drawing three irregular arcs in the air, like swimming dragons...

Jiang Xuan turned sideways, deflected one arrow with his spear, and avoided the other two arrows while continuing to move forward.

Seeing Jiang Xuan dodge the first round of three arrows, Jiang Xian drew his bow and shot three more arrows...

Jiang Xian's rounds of attacks made it increasingly difficult for Jiang Xuan to defend himself, and getting close became increasingly difficult. But at the same time, Jiang Xian's physical strength became increasingly strained, and the speed of his arrows slowed down significantly.

In this way, Jiang Xuan, who had found a chance to catch his breath, gritted his teeth, and rushed forward with his gun, pointing the tip of the gun directly at Jiang Xian who was close at hand.

Suddenly, Jiang Xuan's eyes turned, and he raised the tip of the gun and stabbed it diagonally, aiming at Jiang Xian's bun.

In a panic, Jiang Xian dodged to the side, but was unable to dodge in time. The tip of the gun slightly deviated from her bun and pierced her hairpin. The jade hairpin shattered and scattered all over the floor.

The next moment, Jiang Xian's hair was disheveled.

"Xian'er, go find your mother." Jiang Yuan stood at the edge of the martial arts field with his hands behind his back.

Jiang Xian pulled her hair up and bowed to her father before leaving.

Jiang Yuan pointed at Jiang Xuan, who seemed to be feeling somewhat guilty, but did not blame him. It seemed that he was already used to his son's behavior.

"Your martial arts have reached the highest level. You no longer need to spend your entire day practicing martial arts." Jiang Yuan said in a calm tone.

Jiang Yuan's words left Jiang Xuan, who was blaming himself, confused.

On the path of cultivating Taoism, one must first go through the path of martial arts.

The martial arts levels from high to low are Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. Each level has one to nine levels, of which one to three are elementary, four to six are intermediate, seven to nine are advanced, and the ninth level is also known as the peak of Heaven.

When one reaches the peak of the advanced Heavenly Stage, he or she has reached the threshold of becoming a cultivator and has the opportunity to participate in the Jade Cultivation Channel Trial.

The reason why it is called the Jade Cultivation Channel is that after a warrior passes through this channel, he will become a true cultivator and enter the first realm of the Nine Boya Realms, the Jade Cultivation Realm.

In addition, there are eight realms in the nine realms of Boya from low to high, including Yuanchun, Ximing, Haoyue, Xiaoyao, Zizai, Kongchen, Rushi and Guanliang.

In the original country, the royal family is naturally respected, and among the other forces, the six major families are the most powerful.

The children of the six great families can enter the official martial arts schools of the superior states from the very beginning of their martial arts training.

The children of major factions outside the six great families, as well as the children of commoners, could enter non-official martial arts schools in their respective states to practice martial arts. Those who reached the Heavenly Rank in martial arts could be selected to enter the official martial arts schools in their respective states. Unlike the guaranteed admission of the children of the six great families to the official martial arts schools in the upper-class states, martial arts schools in each state were divided into upper-class, middle-class, and lower-class schools, and the quality of the schools naturally varied.

Regardless of whether it is an official martial arts school or an unofficial martial arts school, if the martial arts level reaches the peak of the heavenly level, they are eligible to participate in the Jade Cultivation Channel Trial organized by the royal family.

Therefore, participating in the Jade Cultivation Channel Trial is the only way for every warrior to become a true cultivator.

Jiang Xuan asked, "Dad, Jiang Xian and I have just entered the Heavenly Stage. We are only at the beginner level. If we don't work hard, how can we participate in the Jade Cultivation Passage Trial?"

"Perhaps, there is more than one way to become a true cultivator through the Jade Cultivation Channel." Jiang Yuan's face showed a hint of emotion.

"Isn't there only one way?" Jiang Xuan didn't seem to understand what his father said.

"Xuan'er, get ready. In three days, you and your sister will set off to the Qixi Desert to search for the Shalan fruit."

"Shalan fruit? What is that? Also, where is the Qixi Desert?" Jiang Xuan seemed to be even more confused, but also revealed a hint of excitement.

No one knows a son better than his father. Noticing Jiang Xuan's excitement, Jiang Yuan had to remind his son: "The Qixi Desert is between Yuzhou and Qizhou. The journey is long and I'm afraid it will take some time. You and your sister should be careful."

"Dad, we are both already at the Heavenly Rank level. Going to find some fruits doesn't involve fighting or killing. It's very safe!"

Jiang Xuan's heart is not in the Jiang Mansion at the moment, but in the Qixi Desert, although he doesn't know where the desert is.

Jiang Yuan took out two pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to Jiang Xuan: "Here is a map and a portrait of Shalan Guo. Go ahead."

Jiang Xuan received the order and was about to leave happily.

"Wait a minute."

"Dad, what else?"

"So is what Xing Yue said today about hunting bears true?"

"How could it be fake? It's actually a white bear with scaly heads and ears!"

"Scaly-eared white bear? Can you take its inner elixir?"

"got it."

"Take it and take a look."

Jiang Yuan took the inner elixir of the scaly-eared white bear and examined it carefully: "It is indeed a second-level inner elixir."

"Yeah." Jiang Xuan looked noncommittal.

"No wonder Xing Yue lost his composure today. It seems this is exactly what he needs." Jiang Yuan waved his hand towards Jiang Xuan and said, "I'll keep this Scale-eared White Bear Inner Core for you."

Jiang Xuan had no idea about this second-grade inner elixir. He didn't know that the inner elixir of a ferocious beast was necessary for refining a heavenly-grade elixir, and that the inner elixir of a scaly-eared white bear was even more effective than other inner elixirs.

The Heavenly Grade Pill is one of the most effective pills to help peak Earth Grade warriors advance to the Heavenly Grade.

If he had this second-level scaly-eared white bear inner core, it could be said that Xing Yue's promotion would be almost certain.

It's ridiculous that Xing Rufeng doesn't consider his son's promotion as important as the medicinal materials business. He is truly a person who is greedy for money.

After sending his stupid son away, Jiang Yuan went to the residence to look for his mother's daughter.

I called out a few times outside the door, but no one answered.

"What are these two busy with?"

Jiang Yuan walked into the room and did not see his wife Lou Xingman. Instead, his daughter Jiang Xian was looking at a rather old booklet with great interest in front of her mother's dressing table.

Jiang Yuan wanted to speak, but found that he couldn't say a word. He stood there as if struck by lightning, not knowing what to do or what to say.

Jiang Xian didn't know at this moment that the old booklet she was reading might be the most important booklet in her life.

(End of this chapter)