Abandoned Horse Stable

  Sōtō no Gunpōrō naka ni.

  Watching the white-haired old man leave, Li Ke's expression became increasingly gloomy, his heart cooled to the bottom of the valley.

  "Seventh-grade soldier soul, it's actually the lowest grade of soldier soul!"

  This reality made Li Ke somewhat unbearable, after the Refining Soldier Realm, cultivation mainly relied on the soldier's soul, which was completely different from the Condensing Qi Realm, where cultivation mainly relied on innate talent.

  Cultivating the martial soul, the level of the martial soul is the most important. This point is similar to the innate talent in the condensing stage. The higher the level of the martial soul, the less time it takes to cultivate, and the greater the future achievements will be. Conversely, the lower the level of the martial soul, the longer the cultivation time, and the lower the future achievements will be.

  Seventh-grade soldier soul, the lowest-level soldier soul on the Divine Soldier Continent. For countless years, only a handful of seventh-grade soldier souls have been able to break through the shackles of the Refining Soldier Realm.

  Li Ke's heart was filled with an unspeakable bitterness, having reached the ninth level of the Cong Qi realm twice before, all for this moment, but the result in front of him...

  "After all, still a useless thing!"

  Muttering to himself, Li Ke walked out of the door with a expressionless face.

  Enduring for a year and a half, arduous training, suffering from cold shoulders, having gone through life and death... But all of this has resulted in such an outcome, it's unbearable, it's helpless... It's the unyielding spirit in my heart.

  The atmosphere outside the military law building was tense to the extreme at this time, and it could be said that it had reached the point of looking forward to tearing one's eyes apart.

  Li Ke, a young man who had been suppressing himself for a year and a half, used only two short years to cultivate from the first level of Qi Condensation to the ninth level of Qi Condensation late stage. Such a terrifying cultivation speed, the entire Double Blade Sect, the entire Han State, the entire Tian Nan Dynasty were all left in the dust, no one could catch up.

  Such a terrifying natural talent directly shocked the entire Double Blade Sect, including Sect Master Yi Dai, the thirteen great elders, various high-ranking officials, four thousand disciples, and six thousand miscellaneous workers...

  "Squeak!"

  The sound of the door opening instantly attracted the attention of countless people, and all eyes from the top to the bottom of the Double Blade Sect turned towards him.

  The large gate made of wood, according to the military law, was slowly opened. Li Ke, dressed in white, walked out and raised his head, first startled, but then calm, with a face full of loss.

  "Li Ke, how is it? Your..." Wǔ Zhǎnglǎo Xīmén Wúshuāng hastily asked, a question that was almost everyone's common concern at this moment.

  But Li Ke didn't respond to him, and directly walked past several people with no expression.

  "What's going on?" Ximen Wuyi was taken aback, looking at Li Ke's departing back, and gave Yi Dai and the others a very strange look.

  "I don't know!" Yi Dai's face sank, and in his heart, he had already more or less guessed the answer. He flung his sleeve and hastily headed towards the Military Law Building, with all the elders following behind him.

  "Big brother......" Lingyun saw Li Ke's face full of loss and called out in concern.

  Li Ke waved his hand and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, I'll go back first!"

  ……

  After returning to the outer courtyard, Li Ke fell onto his bed and directly fell asleep. Two years of cultivation had accumulated too much in his body - exhaustion, injury, pain, unrelenting passion, and a deep-seated determination to return stronger to the place that had abandoned him... And now, all his dreams had come true, this should have been a good start, but reality was cruel, just like dodging a punch only to be hit by a club from behind!

  His life suddenly lost much of its luster.

  He slept very soundly, very soundly...

  ……

  "Big brother, are you awake?"

  Li Ke slept for a whole day and night, until the afternoon of the second day, when he finally woke up from his daze. A voice that was all too familiar came from beside him - who else could it be but his best brother, Ling Yun?

  He closed his eyes tightly, and Li Ke felt that all the bones in his body were aching to death, and his limbs were a bit disobedient. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, and his body felt much more comfortable.

  "Big brother, are you okay?"

  Lingyun asked with great concern, after Li Ke left dejectedly the day before, the Double Blade Sect Master and thirteen elders rushed into the Military Strategy Building on horseback. Afterwards, the news of Li Ke's Red Seventh Grade Flying Knife Soldier Soul spread throughout the entire Double Blade Sect.

  The Red Seventh-Class Flying Dagger Soldier Soul is almost the worst among all soldier souls. The flying dagger's power is too small, even if the skill reaches the Refining Soldier Realm and can be released externally for long-range attacks, but its power is still not strong enough, unless there is an opportunity to obtain the most mysterious Tian Di Ling Qi in the Divine Land Continent to temper the soldier soul, making it more sharp and fierce.

  However, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is so rare that it's hard to find even in the entire Divine Continent, let alone the entire Overlord Continent.

  Shuangdao Zong is still in heated debate about Li Ke's Bing Hun, with some speechless, some astonished, some disappointed, but most are excited.

  Many inner disciples have been eager to try and suppress Li Ke's momentum.

  "It's nothing!" Li Ke waved his hand, two years of intense training had kept him in a state of high tension, yesterday's setback had let him relax suddenly, and after throwing everything aside and sleeping soundly, his mood had actually calmed down a lot.

  "What about the seventh-grade soldier's soul? Will I, Li Ke, be stumped by such a question? What others can't do, I, Li Ke, must do, and I must succeed!"

  When he woke up, Li Ke's ambitious spirit was reignited once again.

  "I've been framed, lost all my energy in one night, and was kicked out of the family - I've experienced all these things. I've cultivated to the Ninth Stage of Qi Condensation twice, so what else is there for me to fear?"

  "Isn't it just a slight difference in military rank? Is that even a big deal for me?"

  "Gongfa, Bingfa, Shenfa... What Double Blade Sect doesn't have, I do!"

  At this moment, Li Ke's mind thought of many past events, the drips and drops that happened to himself, those who framed him, his relatives who drove him away, and the humiliation he suffered in the past two years. The memories of these past events made his conviction even more unwavering.

  "Yun Di, how long have I slept?"

  "Day and night!"

  "What does the sect say about my seventh-grade soldier soul?" Li Ke's mouth corners were slightly bitter, originally thinking that he would rise to prominence overnight, but unexpectedly, such a thing happened.

  Lingyun thought for a moment, her face looking somewhat unpleasant, with words reaching the tip of her tongue but unsure whether to say them or not.

  "Yun Di, go ahead and say it out loud, I'm fine. If I can't even withstand this little wind and waves, then my future achievements as Li Ke will only stop at the Refining Soldier Realm!" Li Ke's face turned serious, his mind made up, and he wouldn't put the Double Blade Sect's arrangements in his heart anymore.

  "Right! This is my big brother!" Lingyun was infected by Li Ke's words, his face firm and heavy, saying: "Big brother has a great future, what can this little thing do? Although the seventh-grade soldier soul is a bit worse, but on the Divine Soldier Continent, it's not that no one has broken through the refining soldier boundary. Lingyun believes that big brother will definitely be able to!"

  Li Ke's expression eased, and he chuckled: "Yun brother, I've experienced such great ups and downs twice in my life, but only you have stood by me without leaving or abandoning me. This bond of righteousness, I, Li Ke, will never forget. Now, quickly tell me how the sect has arranged for me?"

  Lingyun nodded slightly, a flash of anger in his eyes, and said with hatred: "The sect just received news this morning that Big Brother has been assigned to the Iron Horse House in the inner door to take on the task of taming iron horses!"

  "Haha......" Upon hearing such an arrangement, Li Ke had no reaction at all, not even a hint of anger, and instead smiled calmly.

  This situation made Lingyun feel strange, and he asked in a low voice: "Big brother, are you okay?"

  For such a result, Li Keqiang said he was not angry, but what's the point of being angry anyway?

  "You will eventually regret the consequences of what you have done!"

  Li Ke thought resentfully in her heart.