C26

When Lu Chen returned to his own residence in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, he sat on his bed and started familiarizing himself with his current strength. From the ninth level of Qi Refinement onwards, he could be considered to have stepped into the back of the Qi Refining Stage, and compared to the eighth level, the ninth level of Qi Refining Stage was not only stronger in terms of spiritual energy, they could also fly. For Qi Refinement Stage cultivators, the first thing they did after reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining Stage was to fly. Even though the 9th level of the Refinement Stage was just a newly mastered flying speed and ability to fly, many 9th level Refinement Stage cultivators would rather fly slowly rather than control their magic tools at their own pace in order to show others that they were 9th level Refinement Stage cultivators and to enjoy the envious gazes of the low level cultivators and mortals.

Lu Chen sat motionlessly on his bed for an entire day. In the evening, his body suddenly emitted a dazzling green light. He slowly opened his eyes and smiled as he said, "My Clear Cloud Sword Technique has finally been trained to the ninth level." Lu Chen looked up and saw that the sky had already darkened. Smiling bitterly, he said: "I didn't expect it to be so late, but we can go to the forest to train now. The only pity is that the Clear Sky Sword Technique can only be cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Stage."

With that, Lu Chen brought Yue Hua out of the door and flew towards the forest at the back of the mountain, wielding the Cyan Cloud Sword. As Lu Chen was an Aurous Core stage cultivator, he had already enjoyed the pleasure of flying before, so right now he still chose to fly with a magic item. Because he felt that there was no need to show off his cultivation level, the ninth level Refinement Stage cultivators were actually still not enough.

"What method?" Jin Yun asked.

"I want you to be my sparring partner." Lu Chen said.

"What?" Before Jin Yun could react, he saw Lu Chen use his Cyan Cloud Sword to stab at him. Jin Yun subconsciously used his high-grade spiritual tool, the Cloud Wood Shield to block it.

"Clang!"

Lu Chen felt that when his Cyan Cloud Sword struck the Cloud Wood Shield, there was a powerful force that bounced him off. Furthermore, there was a sweetness in his throat. "Pfft." Lu Chen spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Martial Uncle Lu, are you alright?" Jin Yun reacted and ran over to ask.

"Jin Yun, there's no need for you to be so serious, right? I just want to have a spar with you." Lu Chen smiled bitterly.

"Martial Uncle Lu, that was my instinctual reaction." Jin Yun said, embarrassed.

"Never mind, let's continue with the adjustment." With that, Lu Chen took out Blood Dispersing Powder and consumed it, then closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing.

As for Jin Yun, he looked at Lu Chen, who was adjusting his breathing, and felt depressed. He had no choice but to accept it.

After resting for four hours, Lu Chen felt that his injuries had already healed. He opened his eyes and said, "Jin Yun, let's continue, don't hold back." Lu Chen said.

"Understood." Jin Yun could only helplessly say.

Lu Chen continued to use his Cyan Cloud Sword, 'Clear Sky Slash'. Lu Chen roared as he executed his new Clear Sky Slash. The Cyan Cloud Sword slashed down towards Jin Yun with a sharpness that seemed as if it could slash anything in its path.

"Ling Feng Sha." Jin Yun executed the Lingyun Sword Technique that he had cultivated in the Lingyun School as he faced off against Lu Chen's Clear Sky Slash.

Lu Chen's cyan light and Jin Yun's white light came to a deadlock for less than five seconds before dissipating.

"Pfft." Lu Chen spat out another mouthful of blood.

"Martial Uncle Lu." Jin Yun was worried.

"I have nothing else to do." Lu Chen said with a smile. " "Flame Dragon appears." With a low roar, Lu Chen sent a flaming dragon flying towards Jin Yun with its mouth wide open. The flame dragon this time was more solid than the one he had used last time. Last time, Lu Chen was at the 8th level of the Refinement Stage, barely able to reach the level of the Flame Dragon Technique, so the Flame Dragon from last time was more transparent and all of the Spiritual Energy in Lu Chen's body had been drained. Now that Lu Chen's cultivation had reached the 9th level of the Refinement Stage, his Spiritual Energy had increased greatly.

"Dragon Slaying Art." Jin Yun knew that the Flame Dragon was very overbearing, thus he used the Dragon Slaying Art.

A white light slashed towards Lu Chen's Flame Dragon, "Roar." The Flame Dragon let out a painful roar. It wanted to bite off the white light, but the white light took advantage of the situation and chopped down from the Flame Dragon's mouth towards the Flame Dragon's tail. Not long later, the Flame Dragon was cut into two halves, but because the Flame Dragon was made of fire, even though it was split into two halves, it did not dissipate, but instead turned into two small Flame Dragons.

"Double Dragon Bead." Lu Chen said, but by now, Lu Chen's face had already turned pale. This was because he had expended too much energy.

When Jin Yun saw how troublesome the Flame Dragon was, he could tell that Lu Chen was barely controlling the Flame Dragon from the domineering attitude of the Flame Dragon technique. He could also tell how powerful the Flame Dragon technique would be if Lu Chen was at the same cultivation level as him.

"Dragon Slaying Secret Art!" Jin Yun once again used the Dragon Slaying Art. However, this time, two white rays of light appeared on his sword and clashed against the two Flame Dragons.

The two white beams of light slashed towards the two Flame Dragons. Although they were very tyrannical, Lu Chen was still only at the 9th level of Refinement Stage. His cultivation was already inferior to Jin Yun's. The two Flame Dragons struggled for a while before dissipating.

"Pfft." Due to the backlash from the Flame Dragon, Lu Chen also suffered some injuries.

"Martial Uncle Lu, let's stop here for today." Jin Yun said.

"I have nothing else to do." Lu Chen said reluctantly.

"We can't continue." After Jin Yun finished speaking, he knocked Lu Chen unconscious and brought him back.

Jin Yun felt like crying but had no tears to shed. That day, after he knocked Lu Chen out and brought him back, Lu Chen woke up and continued to pester him to fight with him. Thus, he could only obey, but Lu Chen fought him every day with his life on the line, wanting to retaliate but afraid of hurting Lu Chen.

"Ah!" Jin Yun could feel something burning his hand and could not help but cry out. When he saw the flames on his Cloudsoaring Sword, he knew that he had been set up by Lu Chen.

"Martial Uncle Lu, your control over fire is getting stronger and stronger." Jin Yun said.

"I'm a fire cultivator so I naturally have to focus on controlling the fire. Is your hand okay?" Lu Chen asked.

"This little flame can't hurt me." Jin Yun laughed.

"There are only two days left before the preliminaries." Lu Chen asked.

"Yes." Jin Yun said.

"In that case, I'll head back to the courtyard first." With that said, Lu Chen took out his Cyan Cloud Sword and flew back to the yard.

"This Martial Uncle Lu." Jin Yun looked speechlessly at Lu Chen's back.