Chapter 16: Seventh Level of Body Refining!

With more than 30,000 taels of silver in his pocket, Luo Xiu once again came to the store that sold array devices.

Because of the hunting and fighting in Shuiwu Mountain in recent days, Luo Xiu's clothes were torn in many places, which was out of tune with the people in gorgeous clothes who came in and out of this store.

"Shopkeeper, give me a first-level spirit gathering array array device." Luo Xiu said directly when he entered the store.

The middle-aged shopkeeper behind the counter was slightly startled, "Do you really want to buy it? A first-level spirit gathering array costs 10,000 taels of silver."

Obviously, the shopkeeper did not think that this ragged boy could afford it.

Luo Xiu did not say much, took out the banknote and threw it on the counter.

Seeing the thick stack of banknotes, the middle-aged shopkeeper suddenly smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, wait a moment, I'll get it for you."

After a while, the middle-aged shopkeeper came out holding an exquisite round wooden box and said, "Sir, this is the first-level spirit gathering array you want."

The wooden box was opened, and inside was a round disc with complex patterns engraved on it. There was also a card slot in the center of the disc. In addition, there were simple instructions for use on the lid of the wooden box.

"Do you need to use Yuanqi Stone to open it?" Luo Xiu frowned.

"Haha, you probably don't know that most auxiliary array devices require Yuanqi Stone to open, only some combat array devices are a little different." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"Pah!"

Luo Xiu took out another 10,000 taels of silver and threw it on the counter, saying, "Do you have any vitality stones here? Give me a few."

The middle-aged shopkeeper was overjoyed. He had never expected that the inconspicuous young man in front of him would be so generous. He quickly ordered someone to fetch the vitality stones.

Soon, another wooden box was delivered, which contained 20 palm-sized round minerals with milky white halos.

Luo Xiu put away the things and was about to leave when two people walked into the store.

The two people were a man and a woman. The man was dressed in white and looked like a rich young man. There was a condescending arrogance between his eyebrows.

The woman was wearing a blue skirt, with bright eyes and white teeth, attractive red lips, slim figure, and fair skin.

Seeing these two people, Luo Xiu was slightly startled. They were Liu Yuxin and Xu Fei.

"Luo Xiu?" Liu Yuxin was a little surprised to see him, because as far as she knew, Luo Xiu could not afford any array device in this store.

"Hmph, your clothes are so torn, and you dare to come here to embarrass yourself?" Xu Fei snorted coldly with disdain.

However, Luo Xiu ignored Xu Fei and walked straight past them and left the store.

Seeing that Luo Xiu dared to ignore him, Xu Fei's eyes turned cold, "Stop right there!"

"What's wrong with you?" Luo Xiu looked back, frowned, and was a little impatient.

"I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?" Xu Fei said coldly.

"Why should I hear you?" Luo Xiu smiled disdainfully and turned away.

"Asshole!" Xu Fei was furious, but Luo Xiu had already gone far away and didn't pay any attention to him.

Xu Fei really wanted to teach this ignorant poor boy a lesson, but with Liu Yuxin by his side, he had to maintain his demeanor, so he could only endure it.

"The annual assessment will be held in half a month. I want to see how you can be a match for Zhang Hai!"

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After leaving the formation shop, Luo Xiu went to the weapon shop again and sold Wang Yun's sword and Zhang Hun's bow and arrow, and had more than 800 taels of silver in his hand.

Then, Luo Xiu went to the medicine shop and spent 15,000 taels of silver to buy a bottle of nourishing qi pill.

However, Luo Xiu did not return to the martial arts hall, but walked out of Qingyun City and came to Shuiwu Mountain again.

Here are beautiful mountains and clear waters, and there are many plants and trees. For Luo Xiu, it is more suitable for his own practice than in the martial arts hall.

Finding a secluded place, Luo Xiu sat cross-legged, first took out the spirit gathering array disc device, and put a piece of Yuanqi stone in the central groove. The patterns engraved on it suddenly lit up and emitted a faint light.

Luo Xiu could clearly sense that the nearby heaven and earth Yuanqi seemed to be attracted by some mysterious force and quickly gathered towards his location.

This is the wonderful use of the spirit gathering array, which can condense the vitality of heaven and earth and speed up the cultivation of warriors within a certain range.

Luo Xiu immediately took out another nourishing pill, took out one and put it in his mouth, then closed his eyes, and ran the Yijinjiangugong in the meridians and acupoints in his body.

The vitality of heaven and earth, the essence of plants and trees, the medicinal power of pills, and a stream of pure internal energy condensed in the body, transformed into the life and death polarity, and refined into the five internal organs.

Unknowingly, the sky darkened, and Luo Xiu had been practicing here for a day.

Luo Xiu could clearly feel that his heart beat more powerfully and the power contained in his body was getting stronger and stronger.

Boom!

A surge of power emerged in his body, and Luo Xiu suddenly opened his eyes with a happy face.

"Success, the seventh level of body refining!"

At this moment, it was a little dark. Luo Xiu stood up and stretched his muscles and bones, feeling that his strength had improved a lot.

Luo Xiu did not expect that he would break through the bottleneck of the seventh level of body refining in just one day. As far as he knew, other people of the same age, especially those disciples from aristocratic families, had better training conditions than him, but they still needed half a year or even longer to achieve this step.

"It should be that the Life and Death Pearl improved my body, so my training speed increased countless times." Luo Xiu thought so.

This training consumed two Qi-nourishing Pills, and the first-level spirit gathering array consumed two Qi stones. In addition to the absorbed plant essence, this power would take at least several months to refine for others.

But Luo Xiu was able to refine it in a very short time, so his cultivation could be improved so quickly.

Of course, in addition to the impact of the Life and Death Pearl on the body, his improved Yijinjiangugong, the effect of his training is even better than the third-grade internal energy.

In the following time, Luo Xiu never returned to the martial arts hall, and always practiced in Shuiwu Mountain. He went out hunting during the day, sharpened himself in the fight with monsters, and practiced hard at night.

Unconsciously, time passed quietly, and the Qingyun City Martial Hall ushered in the annual assessment.

Students who reached the age of 14 in the elementary class and 17 in the intermediate class had to take the assessment. If they passed the assessment, they would be promoted. If they failed the assessment, they would leave the Martial Hall.

On the vast martial arts field, there were more than a thousand students from the Martial Hall gathered together, in groups of three or five, talking and making noise.

On the more than three-meter-high martial arts arena, a table was placed in the center, and there was a crystal-like ball on the table.

This crystal ball was a formation device used to test the cultivation level. As long as the internal energy was infused into it, the crystal ball would emit light. According to the brightness of the light, the cultivation level could be roughly determined.

Many students who were about to take the assessment were uneasy, but those who had reached the requirements were calm.

Luo Xiu also rushed back from Shuiwu Mountain. He first returned to his residence to take a bath and change into clean clothes, and then came to the assessment site.

Many students of the Martial Hall were naturally familiar with Luo Xiu. It was said that he had already reached the fifth level of physical training more than two months ago, and he could defeat students in the intermediate class. It was natural that he would have no problem passing this assessment.

However, the fight between Zhang Hai and Luo Xiu had long been known to everyone, so when they saw Luo Xiu coming over, many people started to talk about it.

"This Luo Xiu is really brave. Zhang Hai is a genius in the intermediate class. I heard that he had reached the eighth level of physical training after a period of retreat!"

"Who said it wasn't? If it weren't for Teacher Lu protecting this Luo Xiu, he would have been crippled by Zhang Hai."

"I heard that Zhang Hai's cultivation reached the eighth level of physical training. Logically, he should have been promoted to the advanced class, but in order to avenge his brother, he didn't plan to participate in this assessment. He just waited for Luo Xiu to be promoted to the intermediate class and then taught him a lesson."

"This Luo Xiu has disappeared for a long time. He must be afraid, so he hid."

For most people, no one thought that Luo Xiu could be Zhang Hai's opponent.

Luo Xiu was calm and relaxed in the face of the discussion, ridicule and doubts around him, which made people curious. Didn't this guy know that Zhang Hai had reached the eighth level of physical training?

The eighth level of physical training was already the top master among the students of the Martial Hall. Only a very small number of people had reached the ninth level of physical training, and they were all in the advanced class.

If one could break through the ninth level of physical training and advance to the Qi Sea Realm to become a warrior, he could graduate directly from the Martial Hall, and all forces in Qingyun City would compete to win him over.

"Quiet!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the martial arts arena.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man in a green robe standing on the martial arts arena, looking around, "Those who are taking the exam this year, step out!"

Many students of the Martial Hall stopped talking and making noise, including Luo Xiu, and one after another stepped out.

In the crowd behind, cold eyes stared at Luo Xiu's back.

"Brother, if he passes the assessment, he will be a student in the intermediate class. When you compete with him, the teacher of the Wudian will have no reason to stop you. You must help me teach him a lesson!" Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and said.

Whenever he thought of being beaten up by a poor boy who he always looked down upon, Zhang Hao felt humiliated.

"Don't worry, I would rather not be promoted to the advanced class this time, but I will definitely help you get revenge!" Zhang Hai nodded and said.

Although the eighth level of body refining is eligible to be promoted to the advanced class, Zhang Hai is only fifteen years old this year and is not in a hurry. Even some of the treatment that the advanced class can enjoy can be easily obtained with the background of the Zhang family.

The elder of the Wudian who presided over the assessment had a list in his hand and said indifferently: "The first one, Yuntong!"

"Yes!"

A girl from the primary class came out, stepped onto the competition platform, and placed her palm on the crystal ball.

"Buzz!"

Accompanied by a wave of vibration, the crystal ball bloomed with brilliant brilliance.

"Yun Tong, you have reached the fifth level of body refining and have passed the assessment. You can be promoted to the intermediate class!" The elder in charge of the assessment smiled and nodded and announced.

Hearing the confirmation from the assessment elder, the girl named Yuntong breathed a sigh of relief. There were many envious eyes from the audience, especially those who were not sure of passing the assessment.

Then, the assessment elder read out the names one by one, and more than a dozen people came on stage for the assessment, including those from the elementary class and the intermediate class. However, only three people passed the assessment, and all the others were eliminated and had to pack up and leave the Martial Hall within three days.

The rules set by the Martial Hall are not difficult for some children from aristocratic families, but for students from common people, it is almost hopeless to reach the fifth level of physical training at the age of fourteen and the eighth level of physical training at the age of seventeen.

Among the students in the Martial Hall, common people account for the majority.

Even if they are practicing martial arts, their talents and qualifications also vary. Only a few have extremely high talents. For common people, it may not be possible for one person to pass the assessment in several years.

As more and more people failed to pass the test, the atmosphere became a little tense. Those students who failed to pass the test could only cry, while the disciples of the aristocratic families who were divided into groups not far away were all disdainful, mocking, and gloating.

"Next, Luo Xiu!" The elder who was in charge of the test read out this name on the competition stage.

In an instant, countless eyes were focused on the black-clothed boy.

The name Luo Xiu was in the limelight in the martial arts hall some time ago. In a short period of time, his cultivation level soared to the fifth level of body refining. Even the students in the intermediate class were not his opponents.

Stepping onto the competition stage, Luo Xiu looked at the crowd below and saw Zhang Hai and Zhang Hao beside him. Behind these two brothers stood Lu Feng and others, looking at him with cold eyes.

Especially Zhang Hai's eyes, with arrogant disdain and indifference. For him who had broken through to the eighth level of body refining, even if Luo Xiu could pass this test, he was destined to be abolished by himself and then expelled from the martial arts hall!

Luo Xiu had a sneer on his face. He wanted to see what these guys would look like when they saw that he had reached the seventh level of body refinement.

He slowly raised his palm and placed it on the crystal ball, infusing the energy of life and death into it.

"Buzz!..."

A bright light suddenly lit up, more dazzling than any light caused by anyone before, and it was eye-catching!

"Ninth level of body refinement?" The assessment elder stood up suddenly, his face full of surprise, but then he regained his composure, "It's not the ninth level of body refinement, it's the seventh level of body refinement!"