Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

The crisp sound rang out three times in a row.

Soon, the courtyard gate was pushed open, and a sweet-looking girl walked into the courtyard.

Chen Lie, who was preparing the spiritual liquid, looked up and instantly recognized the girl who pushed the door open. Wasn't this girl Shen Jiuxi?

Shen Jiuxi naturally saw Chen Lie as well, and her expression changed instantly.

"You thief, how dare you come here! This time, no one's protecting you. I'll see how you escape!"

Since Shen Jiuxi no longer had the spirit sword, he could only use his martial arts palm techniques.

With a flick of her arm, the five elements of true energy instantly gathered in her palm, and an incomparably powerful force condensed into a handprint, which she pushed towards Chen Lie.

"Behold my Five Elements Divine Palm!"

At the same time as Shen Jiuxi unleashed her palm strike, Chen Lie launched a wave of mental energy attack at Shen Jiuxi.

To Chen Lie's surprise, his mental attack was blocked by a force as soon as it touched Shen Jiuxi's forehead.

Shen Jiuxi snorted and unleashed a palm strike. The immense force of the palm instantly overturned many containers holding spiritual liquid. Although Chen Lie tried his best to dodge, the main force of the palm strike still landed on Chen Lie. Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Lie threw a punch to defend himself.

With a loud "boom," Chen Lie's true energy was instantly shattered by the impact of the Five Elements Palm Force, followed by a sharp pain.

Shen Jiuxi scoffed, "You still want to use your mental power to attack me? Now that I have completely completed the Five Elements Gathering, no matter how heaven-defying your mental power is, it is impossible to penetrate the barrier formed by my Five Elements Gathering Qi before you reach the fourth level."

Chen Lie could feel his entire arm go numb instantly, from his fist and arm down to his shoulder. Under Shen Jiuxi's palm strike, the bones in Chen Lie's fist and shoulder area suffered a tremendous impact.

Fortunately, Chen Lie was physically strong. Although the blow was very painful, it did not damage his body. With a physique comparable to a giant beast in the starry sky, he recovered in a short time.

Upon hearing Shen Jiuxi's words, Chen Lie realized that Shen Jiuxi had made progress in martial arts, which was why his mental attack had failed and he had taken a heavy blow.

The Five Elements Convergence Realm is formed by the convergence of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in a person's mind. The five elements converge and merge to form a cycle. Previously, Shen Jiuxi had only gathered the five elements converge in his mind and barely stepped into the ultimate realm of true qi. But now, the five elements have merged and he has completely entered the wonderful realm of the Five Elements Convergence Realm, thus isolating himself from most of Chen Lie's mental attacks.

Reaching the state of "Five Qi Converging to the Origin" can, to a certain extent, shield one's consciousness from external spiritual forces.

A few breaths later, Chen Lie fully recovered. He looked at the dishes that Shen Jiuxi had scattered and the spiritual liquid spilled all over the ground, and asked, "What do you want?"

"What do I want? Nonsense, of course I want revenge!"

Suddenly, Shen Jiuxi felt strange: "How come you are still unharmed after taking such a blow from me?"

Even a fourth-level Qi Gathering Realm martial artist should lose at least one arm.

What level of cultivation have you reached?

Shen Jiuxi was puzzled when she saw Chen Lie still jumping around.

Although she was only at the mid-stage of the third-order Qi Condensation Realm, she had a deep foundation and opened the Upper Divine Aperture during the Qi and Blood stage. Because of her extraordinary bloodline, even a peak fourth-order Qi Gathering Realm martial artist would find it difficult to withstand her full-force palm strike. That's why she was able to climb up to the Hidden Dragon Ranking at this level.

She had calculated the force of her attack on Chen Lie. Even if Chen Lie was at the peak of the third stage of the Qi Condensation Realm with the Middle Divine Aperture open, his hand bones would be broken instantly. But to her surprise, Chen Lie was completely unharmed.

"Fine, I don't care about your nonsense. Just prepare to die!"

Shen Jiuxi raised his palm, wanting to attack Chen Lie again, but Chen Lie remained calm because he saw that the True Essence Elder had come out of the house.

"Little girl, what are you doing making such a racket in my yard so early in the morning? You've knocked over so many dishes, what are you trying to do? Stop it right now!"

The old man with the true essence said in a deep voice.

Upon seeing the old man, Shen Jiuxi intended to stop immediately, but a sudden realization struck him.

Damn it, is this another mental illusion?

It looks just like the real thing; she can't tell the difference!

"Die!"

Shen Jiuxi silently declared that it was a mental illusion. She recklessly swung her palms, unleashing a burst of various elemental true energies at the same time, attempting to overwhelm the mental illusion and leave Chen Lie with no way to escape.

Chen Lie was surprised that Shen Jiuxi was so bold as to ignore the words of a True Yuan Realm expert. So he leaped up, intending to jump onto the roof of the courtyard house.

At this moment, Chen Lie suddenly felt an invisible pressure, as if a giant mountain was pressing down on him, making him stop breathing.

He instantly lost all six senses, including sight and hearing.

The old man sneered, "What? Does my word not carry weight? Fighting in my yard, do you intend to tear down my house?"

Shen Jiuxi also felt her body lose its balance, a feeling of suffocation came over her, and she felt as if she had fallen into an endless abyss and was falling continuously.

Only then did she realize that this was not a mental illusion.

Fortunately, this feeling came and went quickly; in just a moment, Shen Jiuxi's vision cleared up.

She quickly apologized to the old man: "Senior, please forgive me. Please hear Jiuxi's explanation. Jiuxi didn't mean it; it's all because of him!"

Shen Jiuxi pointed at Chen Lie: "He can cast a kind of mental illusion. Last time, I was tricked out of my sword-nurturing box and spirit sword because I trusted his mental illusion!"

The old man said, "Don't give me this nonsense. This is my courtyard. Do you think I don't know you started a fight the moment you walked in?"

"This... is indeed Jiuxi being presumptuous. Jiuxi has brought another jar of spirit wine for you, senior."

Please, senior, for the sake of the spirit wine, don't hold a grudge against Jiuxi.

Shen Jiuxi immediately took out the spirit wine from her storage bag and presented it to the old man with both hands.

The old man grunted in acknowledgment, then reached out and grasped the jar of spirit wine that Shen Jiuxi was holding in both hands, which he then took away.

"Since that's the case, then this old man won't stoop to the level of a little kid like you."

"Thank you for your magnanimity, senior!"

Shen Jiuxi looked at Chen Lie and said, "Senior Shi, so you have already caught the thief who destroyed the medicinal field."

"Hmm, this kid was practicing breathing exercises in front of my yard, and he absorbed all the spiritual energy from the herbs in my medicinal field, so all my herbs withered and died."

I caught him red-handed before dawn the day before yesterday!

Shen Jiuxi was slightly disappointed. She knew the old man's true identity from her grandfather; he was a real big shot in the Canglan Star Region.

The old man promised that if he captured Chen Lie, he would teach him swordsmanship – the "Heavenly Evolution Sword Manual".

Although the "Heavenly Evolution Sword Technique" is renowned throughout the Sword God Academy and is an exceptionally powerful sword technique, Shen Jiuxi values ​​the old man's de facto master-disciple relationship.

He taught me swordsmanship, so we are in fact master and disciple. Although we are not true master and disciple, we can barely be considered half master and disciple. With some effort, I might be able to become his true disciple. But as it stands now, it seems difficult.

Shen Jiuxi glared fiercely at Chen Lie, never expecting that her lucky star would turn into a jinx.

"Senior, this thief has damaged your spirit fields so many times, we absolutely cannot let him go easily. Why not hand him over to me? I will deal with him and I will definitely satisfy you!"

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"No need for that. This kid is quite skilled at managing the spirit fields. I've already told him that as long as he can harvest my spirit herbs and medicines twice within the specified time, our past grievances will be wiped clean," the old man said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jiuxi immediately sensed that something was amiss.

She knew that this Elder Shi lived in seclusion here and rarely saw outsiders. Every time she came, she had to find a reason, otherwise she would bring a jar of spiritual wine.

This spirit wine is no ordinary thing; her grandfather didn't have much in stock either. If it ran out, there would be no reason for him to come and visit.

This jar of spirit wine is worth at least a million Star Yuan Galaxy Coins. Money is secondary; what matters is that this kind of spirit wine is extremely rare. Once it's used up, it's gone forever, and even if you have the money, it's hard to buy it again.

She came with a purpose, so even if it cost money, it was still a privilege to be close to the source.

But wouldn't this kid be able to come here every day at zero cost by using the excuse of managing the spirit field?

At this moment, Chen Lie stepped forward and said, "Senior, I originally wanted to prepare spiritual liquid to irrigate the spiritual plants. I had already prepared a lot of spiritual liquid, but now she has spilled it all."

"you……"

Shen Jiuxi's anger surged instantly. How dare this bastard sue her?

"Then let her help you with the reconfiguration!"

The old man asked Shen Jiuxi, "Little girl, I'd like you to help me out, are you willing?"

"I am naturally willing to help Elder Shi take care of the spirit field."

"That's good. You can just follow this kid's orders and be his assistant."

Shen Jiuxi nodded.

Chen Lie added, "Senior, I've brought out all the spiritual liquids in the room. She just spilled them all, so there's no more for me to prepare."

Shen Jiuxi immediately said, "I'll contact someone to send the spirit liquid over."

"Need not!"

The old man waved his hand, and then he made a hand gesture, from which a mysterious power spread out.

Chen Lie saw that, under an invisible force, the spiritual liquid that had been scattered everywhere instantly returned to the containers holding the spiritual liquid, and in an orderly manner, all kinds of spiritual liquid returned to their respective containers.

Seeing this, Chen Lie was completely stunned.

Having spent decades in Tai'a Star Province of the Central Galaxy Empire in his previous life, Chen Lie clearly understood what had just happened.

As the saying goes, spilled water cannot be gathered up again. There is only one way to recover spilled water, and that is through magic.

The fourth realm of True Essence cultivation is called the "Mysterious Light Realm." Experts at this realm can cultivate magical power.

Those with profound magical powers can summon wind and rain, reverse yin and yang, and make the scorching summer heat bring heavy snowfall, or turn the frigid winter snow into a blazing sun.

This old man with true essence can use magic power, so he must be a powerful expert at the fourth level of true essence.

Besides the Star Seekers, there are actually such powerful individuals in the Azure Sky Starfield? Unbelievable!

"Alright, now that we have the spiritual liquid, you can begin!"

As the old man spoke, he came to the front of the house and sat down on a wooden chair.

Shen Jiuxi glanced at Chen Lie and then walked to the side of the spirit liquid vessel.

With the various spiritual liquids restored, Chen Lie began to use them to prepare targeted spiritual liquids.

Shen Jiuxi watched for a while before asking, "What kind of help do you want me to give you?"

Chen Lie quickly prepared the spiritual liquid, poured it into a vessel, and handed it to Shen Jiuxi.

"Use this spiritual liquid to irrigate the dragon orchid in the first row and first column at the far north."

Shen Jiuxi took the vessel and went to the first spiritual plant in the north, the Dragon Orchid Grass, which was emitting a faint blue light, and began to water it with spiritual liquid.

The moment the spiritual liquid was applied, Shen Jiuxi saw that the dragon orchid grass became even more vibrant than before, as if it had been growing in the spiritual field for ten days and was even more mature.

She couldn't help but think to herself: This person is quite skilled; he actually knows how to manage the spirit field.

After watering the dragon orchid grass, Shen Jiuxi returned to Chen Lie's side and stared intently at him, wanting to secretly learn Chen Lie's technique for concocting spiritual liquid.

Chen Lie was naturally not afraid of her stealing his knowledge. He formulated the spiritual liquid according to the growth cycle of the spiritual plants, using a different spiritual liquid for each period. Even if Shen Jiuxi succeeded in stealing his knowledge, she would only end up with a hybrid that didn't quite work.

A short while later, Chen Lie prepared another kind of spiritual liquid and gave the container holding it to Shen Jiuxi.

"These spiritual liquids irrigate the Crab Cry Vine next to the Dragon Orchid Grass."

Shen Jiuxi took the spiritual liquid and watered the Crab Cry Vine again.

The Crab Cry Vine, which originally had a dim red glow, instantly turned bright red after being irrigated with spiritual liquid, and its branches even grew thicker by half an inch.

This obvious change astonished Shen Jiuxi. What kind of spiritual liquid is this that can shorten the growth cycle of spiritual plants?

Chen Lie prepared various spiritual liquids in different proportions and handed them over to Shen Jiuxi to irrigate.

Soon, all the more than one hundred spiritual plants in the spiritual field were irrigated with spiritual liquid.

After preparing the ingredients, Chen Lie said to Shen Jiuxi, "The spiritual plants have all been irrigated. You can take these containers and the spiritual liquid back to your house now."

Shen Jiuxi remained silent and went to tidy up the spiritual liquid and utensils.

During this time, Chen Lie also prepared spiritual water specifically for the spiritual field and irrigated it.

An old man sat on a wooden chair beside him, drinking spirit wine.

"Little girl, what brings you here today?"

Shen Jiuxi paused in his work and replied, "It's nothing, I just wanted to pay a visit to you, senior, and bring you a jar of spirit wine."

"Stop with the pleasantries and tell me your real purpose!"

Shen Jiuxi knew he couldn't hide his true intentions from the old man, so he could only frankly say, "Replying to Senior Shi, I still wish to learn swordsmanship from you!"

"Swordsmanship, I once said that if you completed my task, I would teach you, but you failed, so don't blame me," the old man said.

Shen Jiuxi's expression darkened, and he said, "It is because Jiuxi is not capable enough to complete the task assigned by the senior."

"However, you've brought me quite a bit of spirit wine these past few visits. Although I can't teach you swordsmanship, I can answer your questions about martial arts once." The old man continued, "If you encounter difficulties in your martial arts journey in the future, and I'm still living here, I can help you within my capabilities."

Putting everything else aside, before you reach the True Essence Realm, this old man can easily save you a year or two.