Sword Spirit
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Seeing the three corpses thrown out in succession, the looks of the crowd changed again and again, from surprise, to envy, to admiration.

Lu Xuan being able to kill his way into the overall standings 86th place and kill an iron armor bear could only surprise people, it proved the reputation of Lu Xuan’s strength was indeed, well-deserved. And killing the golden lightning marten had added a degree of envy onto the surprise, after all, the number of people that could kill a golden lightning marten in the inner sect was neither too large nor too small, but wanting to find one depended on luck. And when the flame striped tiger’s corpse came out, they could only have admiration.

A flame striped tiger was a true seventh level ferocious beast, and also, it was a ferocious beast with powerful combat strength. They began to have doubts about Lu Xuan’s true strength. Could he really only reach the overall standings 86th place?

The deacon facing Lu Xuan couldn’t speak even more. No one was more shocked than him. In three hours time, an iron armor bear, a golden lightning marten, and even a flame striped tiger had all been taken down, not only successfully completing a six star and seven star mission, but even having an extra head.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he calculated the total and then said: “With all of the rewards added together, in total it is 34500 contribution points.”

For every mission, he could get 1% commission, that was to say, just Lu Xuan’s group alone had brought him over 300 contribution points of income.

Lu Xuan slightly nodded his head. Handing over his identity plate, indicating to transfer the rewards onto the card.

Receiving the identity plate, and after completing the contribution points transfer, the deacon said to Lu Xuan: “Junior brother Lu, the rewards have been transferred to your card. I also left you my identity plate imprint. If junior brother wants to select any missions in the future, come find me directly.”

Giving it a quick lookover and seeing the contribution points had indeed in his account, Lu Xuan chuckled and said: “Definitely.”

Towards this warm-hearted deacon, no matter what his reasons had been, Lu Xuan still had a good impression towards him.

Finished with the missions, Lu Xuan then took the three others and left. This time the contribution points they had earned were enough for them to use for a long time. They probably wouldn’t be back any time soon. The back mountain was filled with danger, and if they went again, it would be after Xia Ye and the others had increased their strength.

Only after Lu Xuan and the others left did the other disciples in the Missions Tower begin to discuss among themselves. No wonder Lu Xuan dared to provoke Xu Wen Yang. Indeed, he had the ability. A body refining fifth level was able to kill a flame striped tiger. Whether or not Xu Wen Yang would be able to keep his first place position in this year’s great sect competition was a matter in suspense.

Some of the disciples that were more familiar with that deacon went up to learn more and learned that Lu Xuan and the others, for such a fierce record, had actually only spent three hours, and were startled.

Coming out of the Missions Tower, the day wasn’t young anymore. The four of them weren’t prepared to go out to any other spots, so they started walked back to the sword faction. As they walked, Lu Xuan also asked for each person’s name plate, giving each one of them 8000 contribution points.

Seeing his card suddenly increasing by 8000 contribution points, Xia Ye couldn’t help but be speechless: “Lu Xuan, this is too much right?”

“That’s right, ah. On this road, we weren’t much use, especially for the golden lightning marten and the flame striped tiger, which were almost completely killed by you. How could we take so much.” Xing Feng also refused.

“Good things should naturally be shared with everyone. Since we went together, how could we be so distant. I still have over 30000 contribution points. It’s more than enough. Just take it and save it for when you guys want to go on an adventure in the future.” Lu Xuan brooked no room for argument.

Lin Xin Yi also wanted to say something, but Lu Xuan glanced at her, “Don’t say anything. Just consider this as me covering for you.”

(TN: 就当我包*你了is the original. It may have been more along the lines of hugging you?)

Hearing this, Lin Xin Yi swallowed her words back. Pouting at Lu Xuan she said: “Annoying.”

“Hehe, I also request covering.” Xia Ye grinned cheekily and spoke.

The four of them talked as they walked back. Although they didn’t refuse Lu Xuan’s good will, but they naturally recorded this favor in their hearts. Unfortunately, with their current strength, there was no way for them to help Lu Xuan out.

After finishing dinner, Lu Xuan closed himself in his room. What he needed to do next was to spend his efforts on attacking his strength level. No matter the martial skill or sword intent, it all required fighting strength to improve. The true fundamental was still the strength level of his own body in the end.

During the day while in the Sword Forest, Lin Tian had already told him that he was body refining seventh level large success, and that Xu Wen Yang was even already entered the body refining eighth level, higher than Lu Xuan by three whole small realms.

Although Mo Chen was also body refining seventh level, but how could entering the body refining seventh stage compare with body refining seventh stage large success? Because of that, he could only reach the overall standings 31st place while Lin Tian was in the overall standings top ten.

Lin Tian’s identity was that of the sword faction’s number one person. He had definitely received quite a bit of fostering. Also, he would definitely have a last resort move. If Lu Xuan wanted to defeat him, he would at least need to improve to body refining sixth level.

In three months time, charging to body refining sixth level wasn’t too difficult.

On the morning of the second day, Lu Xuan went to the Equipment Pavilion to find Deacon Zhou. Although the Equipment Pavilion had equipment in its name, it was actually the Wind Sword Sect’s location for selling various resources. As for the Refining Hall, Spirit Dan Hall, and the Enchantment Hall only sold their products.

(TN: Author didn’t actually say Spirit Dan Hall, but what he named had never been brought up before, so I assumed it was a typo.)

Seeing Lu Xuan come, Deacon Zhou was naturally very excited. He had been paying attention to Lu Xuan’s movements during this period of time. Once again rushing the Sword Forest, overall standings top 100, pointing his sword at Xu Wen Yang, causing a storm in the Missions Tower, he was clear about all of it. Lu Xuan’s potential showed no sign of exhaustion. For him, he felt as if the time when he had decisively built up relations with Lu Xuan was the most correct action he had taken.

And this time when Lu Xuan came, he wasn’t looking for his help, but was trying to purchase something. When purchasing things in the Equipment Pavilion, the deacons would all get commission. If he was going to cheapen for others, it would be better to cheapen it for him.

Lu Xuan exchanged for thirty Muscle Altering Pills. Each piece cost 100 contribution points. In the blink of an eye, he had spent 3000 contribution points. It could be said that he earned quickly and spent quickly.

Other than the seedlings that the various great faction divisions focused on fostering, only Lu Xuan would dare to have such big hands and big feet, taking the dan medicines and eating them like beans. However, even if normal people had money, they still wouldn’t dare to go as hard as Lu Xuan. Although dan medicines were good, dan poison wasn’t something to joke about. If one wasn’t careful, they could eat themselves to ruin.

(TN: Wasteful/extravagant)

For the next ten days, Lu Xuan stayed within the sword faction and didn’t come out anymore. He didn’t do any missions, didn’t rush the Sword Forest, and also didn’t cultivate martial skills, only continuously circulating his cultivation technique, going through one great circulatory cycle after another.

With the help of the Muscle Altering pills, his entire body’s muscle and bones became more explosively powerful and the impurities decreased. As for the dan poison, with the help of the sword crystal, those were completely eliminated. There wasn’t even half a percent of residuals, and there would be no hidden dangers for the body.

However, continuously taking the same kind of dan medicine, the body’s resistance to the Muscle Altering pill became stronger and stronger. Once Lu Xuan had eaten the twenty third pill, it didn’t have any more effect. Fortunately, after so many dan medicines, Lu Xuan’s muscle altering realm had already gone from the large success and had approached perfection.

With another five days time, Lu Xuan felt the muscles and bones in his body had become as tough as steel. There was no way to further improve it a step. He had finally reached the peak of body refining fifth level, the muscle altering realm!

With just a thought, a jade bottle immediately leapt out of his storage ring into his hand. It was the dan medicine reward given to him by Elder Xu when he had taken first place in Lin City, a Pulse Protection pill!

Pulse Protection dans were the dan medicine for body refining sixth level. Using it to charge into body refining sixth level, no matter how good the result, to be able to protect the heart’s meridians from receiving injury would require being able to withstand the charge using soul force.

Without a doubt, right now Lu Xuan was going to use a Pulse Protecting dan to charge the body refining sixth level!

Unplugging the jade bottle’s bottle stopper, a waft of fragrance came out. The bottle tilted slightly and a round dan medicine that was flashing a golden color slipped into Lu Xuan’s hand.

Taking a deep breath, this Pulse Protecting dan was put into Lu Xuan’s mouth. Raising his head, he gently swallowed. Immediately it went down his throat.

Not daring to be negligent, his two hands clasped together, the Tai Yi Soul Return Tactic quickly began to circulate. Approximately after about half a great circulatory cycle, Lu Xuan felt an extremely comfortable feeling flow through him. Rising from his chest, the Pulse Protection dan’s medicinal effect already began to take effect.

The swallowed Pulse Protection dan split into faintly golden qi streams, penetrating his flesh, quickly attaching to Lu Xuan’s heart meridian. From there, it propagated the rest of the meridians in the body, but the most important, other than the body’s large meridians, was the heart meridian. If the body’s large meridians received injury, perhaps your strength would only be impaired, but if the heart meridian took damage, it could range from being crippled to death.

Body refining sixth level was known as the pulse condensation realm. All of the bodies meridians would condense, however, breaking through to body refining sixth level started with the heart meridian.

At the start of body refining fifth level, a martial artist’s whole body’s flesh and bones were already trained to the limit. Because it was that way, soul force was unimpeded and relaxedly arrived at the meridian’s vicinity. Each body refining realm level would all have its own rules.

After circulating the Tai Yi Soul Return Tactic, soul force continuously infiltrated Lu Xuan’s flesh and bones. Under Lu Xuan’s control, a sliver of soul force was moved by him. Forcefully breaking through obstacles, he began to aim towards the heart meridian’s vicinity. He was preparing to attack body refining sixth level, condensing the heart meridian!

At this moment, the faint golden colored qi was already protecting the heart meridian. Just at this moment, Lu Xuan’s set up his determination and soul force directly charged forward!

The charging attack’s soul force immediately was rebounded. In the end, it couldn’t enter the heart meridian. The first attack failed!

Lu Xuan didn’t give up. He attacked one time after another, but in the end, it seemed like he was just a bit off and couldn’t succeed. Looking at it, the golden colored qi became thinner and thinner. Lu Xuan already began to feel the pain from attacking the heart meridian.

Enduring the painful feeling, Lu Xuan increased his attack speed. The golden colored qi became less and less, the pain became more and more severe!

Finally, the qi disappeared. Lu Xuan grit his teeth, attack one more time!

There was only the sound of a “pop”. A mouthful of blood sprayed out from Lu Xuan!

He had missed it only by such a little bit. In the end Lu Xuan didn’t dare to continue trying. Charging a realm could be tried again, but the heart meridian receiving an injury wasn’t some sort of joke.

The first time charging body refining sixth level, a failure…