Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 53: Third on the Yellow List
At the western edge of Zhongtian Territory, the capital of Qizhou.
The latest four rankings of Tianji Temple have been officially released, and many cultivators are watching.
It's a busy season again, but compared to previous days, today seems to be too busy.
"Why are there so many people today?" muttered a young monk. There were so many people that he almost couldn't squeeze into the front row of the crowd.
"Lu Qingshan, 'One Sword Cuts a River', ranked 95th on the Yellow List, fought against a cultivator in the late Lianxu stage in the Tianzui Martial Hall and won. This is an unprecedented event, and everyone is concerned about how much his ranking will rise this time!" Someone nearby explained.
This battle was so sensational, and coupled with the fact that Marquis Luo Tang was deliberately creating momentum, a great number of cultivators learned of the news, and therefore a great number of people were paying attention to it, which led to this craze for viewing the list.
Of course, the Seven Realms are so vast that even if the news spreads widely, there are still many cultivators who do not know about it.
This young monk happened to be one of them.
"A Nascent Soul cultivator fought against a cultivator in the late Refining Void stage and won?!" The young cultivator let out a cry of shock.
I have only been practicing magic in seclusion for half a year, but I didn't expect such a big thing to happen outside. I am shocked!
The young monk quickly looked at the yellow list with concern. Being experienced, he started from the beginning.
——The record of fighting against late-stage Lianxu cultivators will surely allow Lu Qingshan to rank among the top on the Yellow List.
His experience was not wrong, as it could be seen that after the two names "Haoran Sword" and "Eight-Armed Vajra", the person who appeared was Lu Qingshan.
Name: Lu Qingshan
Ranking: Third
Cultivation: Late Nascent Soul stage, cultivated the perfect state killing sword intent (superior state of mind), the unity state annihilation penetrating sword intent (superior state of mind), the unity state immortal true meaning (origin true meaning), the weak state cause and effect true meaning (origin true meaning), good at attacking.
He practiced both inner and outer swords, and mastered two secret sword styles... The "Tian Zhen" secret sword had reached the level of master, with extraordinary power; the flying sword had gained a glimpse of the realm of "Sword Producing Thunder and Fire".
There are three natal swords. The fire-attributed natal sword is most likely a pseudo-Taoist weapon, the wood-attributed natal sword is a top-grade heavenly weapon, and the newly-repaired water-attributed natal sword is most likely also a pseudo-Taoist weapon.
Battle record: ... cut off the tide of Fengling River with one sword; ... killed the Vulture Old Man, a sand bandit in the middle stage of Lianxu...; outside Xiaowan City, was attacked by Guiyuan Zhenzun in the late stage of Lianxu. The specific situation of the battle is unknown, and it ended with the death of Guiyuan Zhenzun;
In the Tianzui Martial Hall, he defeated the eldest son of Marquis Luotang, "Luo Ji", a physical cultivator in the late stage of Lianxu, who was extremely brave and had amazing swordsmanship.
Nickname: Jian Jue, One Sword Cuts the River
Identity: Champion of the first Seven Realms Forum; disciple of the Sword Sect; first disciple of Xia Daoyun, “the strongest of the seven realms” and “Fairy Luoshen”.
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Although the monks around had expected that Lu Qingshan's ranking would improve dramatically after this update of the Yellow List, they were still shocked when they saw this scene.
"He actually possesses two true origins. Is he really so gifted?"
"When did the true meaning of the origin become the cabbage of the vegetable farmer, and they even offer buy one get one free?"
After seeing the detailed evaluation of Lu Qingshan's cultivation, everyone couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.
"That Ji Chuandu is just a source of true meaning in his body!"
“If it weren’t for his lack of experience and incomplete cultivation, Lu Qingshan might even have the potential to top the list directly.” Among the observing cultivators, someone who was well versed in the ins and outs of the matter spoke up.
Because, judging from the battle record alone, Lu Qingshan seems to have surpassed his senior brother "Haoran Jian".
Although the rankings of the four lists are mainly based on battle records, cultivation level and qualifications will still be taken into consideration as factors in the ranking to ensure the relative fairness of the ranking.
"In just half a year, he jumped directly from being on the Yellow List to being the third on the Yellow List." An old monk in the crowd let out a long breath, grasped this key point, and sighed: "This should be something that has never happened since the establishment of the Four Lists."
"Like master, like disciple. The way the cultivators looked at the Fairy Luoshen back then should be the same as how we look at Jian Jue now."
The comments from all around gradually rose, and some even described the battle at the Tianzui Martial Palace in vivid detail based on hearsay.
The details were so detailed that even down to the posture of each sword attack, as if he was watching the battle right there.
A monkey-faced sword cultivator, for some reason, felt an inexplicable sense of superiority as he watched, "Two of the top three spots on the Yellow List are occupied by sword cultivators. I, a sword cultivator, should be very proud!"
Soon, he received many dissatisfied looks, mostly from Dharma practitioners.
However, the monkey-faced swordsman did not care. The ironclad facts were before him. What else could these magic cultivators who thought they were superior do even if they were dissatisfied?
"Fa Xiu, you are indeed not as good as before." Another cultivator also said in a teasing tone at this time.
It is difficult to tell the difference between the six cultivators in terms of their orthodoxy, but there are differences in status.
First of all, the one standing at the top of the contempt chain is this Dharma cultivator.
After Xia Daozu attained enlightenment and became the first person of the human race as a Dharma practitioner, the Dharma practitioners' sense of superiority reached the extreme and they considered themselves to be the orthodox Taoists.
In addition, there were so many people practicing Dharma that later on there was even a popular saying: "Everything is inferior, only practicing Dharma is superior."
This made the cultivators of other sects more or less dissatisfied. Naturally, they couldn't help but add fuel to the fire as they had the opportunity to suppress these cultivators.
As for spiritual cultivation, dark cultivation, and beast cultivation, since they each have their own strengths, their status is roughly the same.
With profound spiritual abilities, who dares not respect him?
You look down on Ming Xiu, so he plays dirty tricks on you. Who wouldn't be wary of him?
The foundation of beast cultivators is the same as that of magic cultivators, and there is a saying that one person can form an army. Moreover, the Huanling Sect is now very powerful, so naturally its status is not low.
Sword cultivators are the most unique, because of their eccentricity, they are able to stand outside the contempt chain.
What, you ask about physical training?
In any case, the muscular barbarians always lie at the bottom of the contempt chain and are ridiculed.
This is common sense, and everyone who understands will understand.
"Hey, Zhou Yuan is on the list again." Most of the people's attention was on Lu Qingshan, and only then did someone notice the changes in other rankings.
After being reminded of this, everyone quickly turned their attention back to the screen recording the Yellow List rankings, and looked towards the end of the list very skillfully.
I don't expect this beast to be ranked very high!
Sure enough, they saw Zhou Yuan's name at the end.
Name: Zhou Yuan
Ranking: 96th
Cultivation level: Late Nascent Soul stage, cultivated the blood sea state of mind of the Unity Realm (superior state of mind), cultivated the ancient beast cultivation secret technique "Blood Spirit Technique".
He has a fourth-grade mid-stage pet, the Flame Fox, a fourth-grade late-stage pet, the Feathered Serpent, and a fourth-grade peak pet, the Blue Wind Bull.
Battle record: ...killed a fifth-grade early stage monster, the Ice-Armored Python, in the northwest of Shanxi.
Nickname: Blood Spirit
Identity: Disciple of , second place in the first Seven Regions Discussion
"Not bad, it's back on the Yellow List. This time it's ranked 96th. It should not be like last time, where it just turned over and disappeared." Someone commented.
"Alas, in fact, Xue Ling can be considered a genius. He also comes from the Seven Realms of Taoism. Unfortunately, he has a 'huge mountain' pressing down on his head." Someone sighed.
Indeed, if there were newcomers on the list on weekdays, there would inevitably be a lot of heated discussion. But now that "Blood Spirit" Zhou Yuan was on the list again, there were fewer surprises and more jokes. It was indeed a bit miserable.
"It's still a green 'giant mountain'." A bloated middle-aged male cultivator said jokingly.
Everyone understood immediately and couldn't help laughing. The square was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.
Of course, these people have no ill intentions in their hearts, they just chat because they find it interesting.
Suddenly, the fat middle-aged male cultivator seemed to hear some sound. He turned around and saw two seemingly ordinary men squeezing out of the crowd.
The man in gray robe had a tense expression and seemed very angry, while the man in black robe had a relatively calm expression.
The two men walked away in a hurry, as if they were rushing to deal with something urgent.
"Did you hear it wrong?" the middle-aged male cultivator muttered, not taking it seriously. He quickly came to his senses and continued to spit.
"Yinhe, Lu Qingshan is very famous now, and you have become his supporting role." said the man in black robe.
"He's just a small Nascent Soul cultivator," Yin He said with a gloomy face, sneering, "The Dao Seed hasn't even condensed yet, and these human cultivators are already praising him with all kinds of words. How superficial! It would be funny if he gets stuck in this Nascent Soul stage for a hundred years!"
"Moreover, if this human body wasn't too weak and dragged me down, why would I be at the end of the Yellow List?" Yin He felt resentful and obviously didn't care about the ranking as much as he said.
“With his talent, I don’t think he will stay in the Nascent Soul stage for too long.” The black-robed man said again.
"Who knows?" Yin He said grimly.
"However, I heard that Yu Lei, Master Wang, and Master Wenhe all seemed to have taken action against Lu Qingshan, but unfortunately they all failed in the end." The black-robed man stroked his chin, finding this interesting. "These three masters are really...capable."
"Wei Ming, although the three palace masters are not direct descendants of our main palace, they are still of extraordinary status. It is extremely disrespectful for you to talk about them like this, do you know that?" Yin He did not respond to the man in black robe, but shouted sternly.
Wei Ming shook his head, not frightened by Yin He's rebuke, and said indifferently: "It is what it is. The people in the underworld, except for our main branch, the other six branches are just a cover for us. In the end, if we want to succeed, don't we still have to rely on us?"
Yin He frowned, but did not refute.
Because that's what he thought in his heart.
"Although Lu Qingshan's ranking is not as good as Ji Chuan, his potential is much more terrifying than Haoran Jian. In just one year, he has already achieved such combat power. Several adults feel that although he has not yet condensed his Dao Seed, it is definitely a foregone conclusion, so they issued a kill order. Some time ago, the Lord of Ziren Palace in the South Region was ready to kill Lu Qingshan," Wei Ming said to Yin He, "Lu Qingshan should not have much time left. Once he dies, you don't have to bear this wrath anymore."
"What does that have to do with me?" A fierce light flashed in Yin He's eyes, but he just snorted coldly.
"If you really don't care, you wouldn't have attacked the cultivator who teased you just now." Wei Ming spread his hands and said with a smile.
"Don't forget the mission of our trip. This is the top priority." Yin He's face turned cold and he changed the subject.
"Lord Holy Beast, are you really still alive?" Speaking of the mission, Wei Ming's expression suddenly became serious, as if he was still frightened, and asked cautiously.
Yin He nodded, “Master Saint Beast has already cultivated an immortal body, and it is difficult to kill him by ordinary means.
Although the King of Jianhe defeated the Lord Holy Beast that year, he was unable to do anything to it for a while. In addition, the battle situation was urgent and there was not much time to waste.
As a last resort, he had to suppress and seal the Holy Beast on the spot before rushing to support him.
As a result, not long after, King Jianhe died at the hands of the Demon Lord, and he didn't even have the chance to tell others that he had merely suppressed and sealed the Holy Beast.
The cultivators of Da Xia all thought that Lord Saint Beast had died at the hands of King Jianhe long ago, so after Daozu Xia became enlightened, he did not go looking for Lord Saint Beast to settle accounts with him.
In fact, it is not only the monks of Daxia who think so. Even we all assume that the Holy Beast has already died.
Who would have thought that during these 20,000 years, although the Holy Beast was sealed, he had been using his own abilities to break the seal all the time, until a few days ago, when he finally broke a crack in the seal, and a drop of blood escaped, asking us for help."
"The Lord of Shentu Palace asked the two of us to go to the place where the Holy Beast was sealed first. After finding out the situation, he will personally take action to rescue the Holy Beast."
"It's just when the wind is rising. If we can rescue the Lord Holy Beast, the strength of our underworld will surely be improved to a higher level!" Yin He said sinisterly.
“It’s hard to say whether it can reach a higher level,” Wei Ming lowered his eyelids, as if he had thought of something, and his whole body trembled. “Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. Who can figure out the temper of the Holy Beast? When it was in the abyss, it devoured at least a hundred of our demons every day. The number of demons who died at its hands should be more than that of humans.”
Yin He was silent for a while, then he said in a hoarse voice: "It is said that Lord Saint Beast is from the Holy Realm, and I don't know why he fell into our abyss. Back then, the demon lords tried to use Lord Saint Beast as a link to contact the Holy Realm, so they treated him as a guest of honor. As for those low-class people with inferior bloodlines, Lord Saint Beast treated them as food. It's nothing, we demons have no shortage of low-class people. We have noble bloodlines, Lord Saint Beast will not do anything to us."
"No matter what, when our demon race went to war with the human race, Lord Saint Beast stood on our side and was hostile to the human race. He is our demon race's friend. We should always put the greater good first. If we can rescue Lord Saint Beast this time, it will be a great achievement."
"Of course I understand..." Wei Ming whispered.
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The barbarian tribe's ancestral land is located in the center of the wilderness, while the bear tribe is located in the outer area of the wilderness, quite a distance away from the ancestral land.
Therefore, Lu Qingshan and Chief Youxiong chose to set out early and head for the ancestral land when there was still more than half a month before the ancestor worship day.
After Lu Qingshan attacked and killed the Julu sacrificial spirit and the sacrificial priest, all the barbarians within a thousand miles heard the news and knew that the Youxiong tribe had produced such a ruthless man as "Youxiong Hao".
Lu Qingshan's ferocious power intimidated everyone, and no one dared to covet the Youxiong tribe anymore. Under such circumstances, the Youxiong tribe leader did not dare to take advantage of the situation, and could only accept Lu Qingshan's decision to use the King of the Western Rat as the sacrificial spirit for the Youxiong tribe and force the Youxiong tribe to participate in the ancestor worship.
