Chapter 26: All Boils Gone

  At this moment, the cracks on Xu Hua's body had completely disappeared, and his injuries had fully recovered by the sixth day. However, taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Hua decided to further enhance his physical body, which was now in its final stage. As long as he completed the final tempering, his physical body would be able to reach a higher level.

  Buzz! Buzz!

  Xu Hua's body was constantly erupting with muffled thunder-like sounds, and his bronze-colored skin was constantly emitting a green glow, looking like a distant bronze god statue.

  "Pffft!"

  A mouthful of black blood was spat out, and Xu Hua opened those deep eyes, a hint of smile quickly gathered.

  "The hidden wound has finally been completely resolved, and the aftereffects of cultivating 'Nine Deaths to Heaven's Record' have basically disappeared. Now my power..."

  Xu Hua clenched his fists tightly.

  Bang! Bang!

  Two bursts of air exploded with a popping sound.

  "This power has reached 80,000 jin! I've finally recovered all of my strength, this injury was absolutely worth it!"

  Gulu gulu!

  Xu Hua rubbed his belly and smiled awkwardly.

  "It's only been ten days, how can I be so hungry?!" Xu Hua was somewhat perplexed. After all, as a martial artist absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, one could reach a high level where they didn't need to eat or drink, directly using spiritual energy to supplement the body's needed energy. Although Xu Hua hadn't reached this level, ten days to half a month without eating or drinking shouldn't be a problem, so why was his stomach suddenly growling now?

  Xu Hua didn't think much and took out the already roasted Jiaolong meat from the spatial ring, eating it in big mouthfuls.

  "Hiss!"

  Xu Hua finally filled his stomach after eating twenty kilograms of Jiaolong meat. He looked around at the ten-zhang-wide and twenty-zhang-long cultivation room, then walked to the stone gate and opened the large door that had been sealed for ten days.

  Rumble!

  A middle-aged man stood motionless in front of the door until Xu Hua came out, then he opened those eyes full of murderous aura.

  He stared at Xu Hua for a good ten breaths before opening his mouth and saying: "The master of the mansion wants to see you, come with me."

  After saying that, he led the way forward and didn't intend to talk to Xu Hua again. Xu Hua was taken aback, but then followed him up anyway. After all, it was Old Jiang who wanted to see him, and he also wanted to see Old Jiang.

  The two of them continued to walk deep into the academy, a place where Xuhua had never been before. In fact, most students in the academy hadn't been here either. This was where the high-ranking officials resided. Xuhua didn't need to know where they were going; he just needed to follow along.

  After walking for a long time, the middle-aged man finally stopped.

  Xu Hua suspected that this was no longer within the scope of the academy, as there were no signs of the academy around him, only tall trees. In front of Xu Hua was a pool of water, and behind the pool was a large cave.

  "The master, the person has been brought." A middle-aged man's thick voice sounded, and then he left. Xu Hua waited for a while in the original place, and a figure appeared at the entrance of the cave, it was Jiang Lao. He said: "Xu younger brother, I thought you would need two or three more months to get out of the pass! How did you come out today? Are all your injuries healed?"

  Jiang Lao took a step forward and arrived beside Xu Hua, who nodded slightly. "I couldn't possibly leave the pass with injuries, could I? What's so urgent that you had to find me?"

  "You freak! Such a heavy injury healed in just ten days, even if you're a Cultivator it shouldn't be this fast!" Old Jiang was as pale as a ghost.

  Xu Hua's face was filled with a smile as he said: "Old Jiang, I'm no ordinary person, otherwise you wouldn't have taken notice of me!"

  Jiang Lao's expression changed several times, and then he solemnly said to Xu Hua: "These are yours, if you lack cultivation resources, just tell me directly. The resources accumulated by the Academy over the years are enough for your cultivation. This time I called you here is to tell you that you're in trouble."

  "What's wrong?" Xu Hua furrowed his brow, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes. He had just left the pass and already had trouble, so naturally he was not in a good mood.

  Xu Hua's fleeting sinister aura did not escape Jiang Lao's line of sight, and Jiang Lao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. "Last time you killed that He Jiong, at that time I felt that his inheritance wasn't simple, so I let Ye Changlao lead the third law enforcement team to investigate the situation in Fen Shui Town. As a result, it turned out to be as I expected, the master of the He family seemed to know something, and when he arrived, the He family had already dispersed."

  "What about his father?" Xu Hua didn't think too much when he was fighting with He Jiong, but now he thought that if He Jiong had such strength, what about his father? The Martial Arts Master? Now that he had run away, with his strength, if he wanted to launch a sneak attack on himself or his family members... His father didn't seem to be at home! ...Thinking of this, Xu Hua felt a chill in his heart and secretly blamed himself for being too rash.

  "I didn't expect the He family to be hiding so deeply, and yet the Academy didn't receive any news at all! Of course, you don't have to worry about your Xu family, I've already sent Elder Ye over there, accompanied by five other Elders. With their strength, even if the He family's Patriarch has broken through to Martial Emperor, they won't be able to get away with it." Elder Jiang said with a smile, comforting Xu Hua who had a bitter expression on his face.

  Hearing that Xu Jiahui was fine, Xu Hua's heart finally calmed down slowly. "That's enough, as for him wanting to kill me, I don't think it'll be easy."

  "Old Ginger thought Xu Hua was referring to the Academy, where it's only natural that there are many powerful individuals. It's not something a small household head like He could handle," "Let's put aside the matter of the He household for now; I'll take care of all these things for you. There's also the Tianji Mercenary Group that I'll send someone to eliminate. For now, your strength is still insufficient to dominate the Southern Domain. It would be best if you stayed in the Academy and cultivated well during this period. Wait until you have absolute confidence to contend with some of the powerful Martial Honored Ones before going out again!"

  Jiang Lao now attaches more importance to Xu Hua than himself, and he absolutely does not allow Xu Hua to have any accidents. However, he underestimated Xu Hua. If Xu Hua were to use 1,000 Life Crystals to activate "Sacrifice" right now, even Jiang Lao would be injured if caught off guard. Of course, such an attack can only happen once. If his Life Crystals are depleted afterwards, anyone with Martial Emperor strength can kill him.

  Xu Hua felt that his current means of survival were not strong enough, so he took advantage of this period to accumulate and improve himself, hoping to break through the Tian Di Xuan Guan and become a Wu Wang, which would allow him to fly by controlling the air. "I'll be staying at the academy for the next few days, as for that Tian Ji Mercenary Group helping me keep watch, don't you think it's just right for me to use them to practice my skills? Battle is always the best way to increase one's strength."

  Jiang Lao didn't expect Xuhua to have such an idea, but he still agreed. "Don't worry, but when you go out, someone has to follow you. I don't want anyone to take advantage of the situation. After all, there are many opponents in the Academy, and as the Holy Son of the Academy, you can't go out alone, I'm not at ease."

  "What saint son, didn't I not participate in the competition?" Xu Hua was somewhat surprised, he clearly did not participate in the competition yet still obtained the position of Saint Son.

  Jiang Lao chuckled, "Have you forgotten that you didn't even know about this when you first came out of seclusion? Actually, on the very first day you went into closed-door training to recover from your injuries, Xu Ning and Jianchen rallied the entire school's students to recognize you as the de facto king of the school. They then applied to the higher-ups in the school, and I naturally approved it. After all, you are the one everyone has been expecting, so the position of Holy Son is yours for the taking."

  "Jian Chen didn't surprise me, but this Xun Ning..." Xu Hua had very little understanding of Xun Ning and was also surprised by his actions.

  "That's because Xue Ning hasn't shown you his true abilities yet, but Jian Chen has, so you're surprised. But I think Xue Ning is not inferior to Jian Chen in any aspect, and in my opinion, they are equally excellent. You will naturally understand later." As the head of the academy, Old Man Jiang was quite familiar with the most outstanding students in the academy over the past hundred years.

  Xu Hua smiled faintly, "Maybe, none of this matters anyway. Since I've become the Holy Son, all these disciples will be under my control!"

  "What do you want!" Jiang Lao felt a bad premonition.

  "Hehe, I'm just exercising my own rights." Xu Hua said with a smile.

  "I don't care what you want to take them to do, but there can't be too many casualties..." Jiang Lao was the master of the house after all, he had his own considerations.

  Xu Hua pouted and received: "Don't worry, with me around they will only get stronger, of course casualties are inevitable..." Xu Hua naturally wouldn't let them all go to their deaths either, he also hoped they would become stronger.

  "This is the token of the Second Law Enforcement Team!" Jiang Lao handed Xu Hua a black token with the character 'two' and the emblem of Tian Nan Fu.

  Xu Hua took over the token and looked at the token in his hand. Xu Hua joked: "What are they capable of, to ensure my personal safety?"

  "Don't underestimate them, each and every one of them was once the most elite student in the academy. Their talent is no different from that of Mu Feng who died at your hands. Each of them has the strength of a late-stage Martial Emperor, they have been through countless battles, and each of them has killed enemies above their level. When they join forces, it's extremely terrifying, and they can definitely hold off an early-stage Martial Reverend." Old Jiang said with some pride, these people are the true elite of the academy.

  Xu Hua suddenly understood, "So they were seniors from previous years. It turns out that apart from the truly powerful individuals in our school, there are also these killing machines. No wonder we can rank among the top forces."

  "Wait, you think my true strength in Tiān Nán Fǔ is just on the surface? Alright, let's not talk about this now. When your power reaches a certain level, I'll naturally let you know. Here, I have 100 Essence Qi Pills that can help you cultivate up to Martial Emperor."

  In the cave, Old Ginger took out a large jade box and opened it. The box was filled with dense rows of dan medicine.

  Jingqi Dan Xu Hua is known as the lowest grade of spiritual elixir, which can replace spiritual energy and save warriors time from accumulating spiritual energy.

  Martial artists need to constantly absorb spiritual energy and convert it into their own true energy. In addition to absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth every day, they can also directly absorb spiritual energy from spirit stones.

  Ling stone is a spiritual ore produced in the place where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is concentrated. Ling stone is also divided into lower-grade ling stone, middle-grade ling stone, upper-grade ling stone, and top-grade ling stone.

  Today, the spiritual energy of the Tian Di Continent is far from being as dense as it was in ancient times. Spiritual mines are now rarely seen, and even if some are occasionally discovered, they can only produce low-grade spiritual stones at most. Mid-grade spiritual stones have become extremely rare, let alone high-grade and top-grade spiritual stones.