Chapter 175 - 155: The Spirit Sect’s Scheme_1

Lu Yan was happy with the tranquility and had no interest in participating.

The thirteen grandmaster-level feudal lords, gathered in Lingwang City.

A month later, the competition ended, and the quotas were allocated.

The Li Family, got five quotas.

It was an ordinary result, nothing outstanding.

The Zhao Clan, however, got the most quotas, they received eighteen quotas.

No wonder they were so confident, they could throw out three quotas before the competition even began.

Because for the Zhao Clan, three quotas were nothing, almost a sure thing.

After the quotas were distributed, it was five months later that they would enter Kunwu Mountain.

The Li family’s five quotas, naturally, couldn’t possibly rotate to Lu Yan. Not to mention him, neither Li Cangqing nor Li Canglin would be included.

Those who could enter Kunwu Mountain, were absolutely top-level Martial Marquises.

Although Li Wenxin and Li Wenxuan were candidates for the head of the Li Family, they were not the strongest among the Martial Marquises of the Li Family in terms of strength.

The Li Family also has an innate martial body, reaching the Martial Marquis Level Five. It is a main force of the Li Family and does not belong to the two factions of Li Wenxuan and Li Wenxin.

It’s only that, in terms of potential, they are inferior to Li Wenxin and Li Wenxuan.

It’s worth mentioning that Lu Qingshan’s meridians had healed two months ago, and Lu Yan had passed on the Vajra Indestructible Skill to him.

Lu Qingshan devoted himself entirely to martial arts, as if he were trying to make up for the wasted years.

He cultivated a circle of martial arts, transformed his martial spirit energy into bone strength, circulated bone strength, moved around his entire skeleton, and soaked a trace into his muscles, tempering his muscles.

His muscles were tingling and numb, extremely refreshing.

Several hours later, Lu Yan finished his cultivation, he left the practice room and came to a martial chef’s room.

This martial kitchen was used by the Zhou Clan’s martial chef to cook martial food.

Now, all the Grade One martial food of the martial hall is prepared by the Zhou Clan’s martial chef.

A little girl was following Zhou Clan’s martial chef, studying seriously.

It was Tofu.

Tofu’s parents, for Tofu’s future, resolutely left Lingwang City, where they had lived for generations, and traveled far and wide to Baicao City.

Lu Yan handed Tofu over to the Zhou Clan’s martial chef.

Tofu has a very high aptitude in the martial culinary field, and she studies hard and seriously. She quickly won the hearts of the Zhou Clan’s dozen martial chefs.

Every one of them wished they could pass on all their life’s knowledge to Tofu.

"Head of the Hall."

Seeing Lu Yan, Tofu hastily got up and saluted.

Now, of course, Tofu knows that the man who was once living in her house is the head of the Sanjue Martial Arts Hall, Uncle Lu.

"Tofu, how are your studies going?"

Lu Yan asked with a smile.

"Yes, Tofu is studying hard, and she will definitely become a powerful master martial chef in the future."

Tofu swung her little fist.

Lu Yan seemed to see a beautiful woman in a daze, clenching her fists, saying, "I am going to be a Martial Chef God’s woman."

"If Yinuo were here, she would love Tofu, and might perhaps, take her as a disciple."

Lu Yan thought to himself.

"Tofu, although being a martial chef is important, don’t neglect your martial arts. If your martial arts cultivation level is not high, you won’t go far in being a martial chef."

Lu Yan cautioned.

He had already taught Tofu the art of Cloud Walk.

"Head of the Hall, Tofu understands and will definitely train hard."

Tofu nodded her small head.

"If you have any problems with martial arts, you can come and ask me anytime, go on."

Lu Yan reminded her a few times, then left the kitchen, returned to his exclusive martial kitchen, and started to cook Grade Two Yinuo Lizard Meat.

He eats twenty to twenty-five pounds of Grade Two Yinuo Lizard Meat every day on average.

So, the consumption of alien beast meat was also rapid.

Seven to eight hundred pounds of alien beast meat were used in a month.

That was because he had a one hundred percent success rate in cooking.

Over the past six months, he had killed six Level Two Blood Armor Lizards in the Blood Land Vein.

Adding the ones he killed in the previous years with Shen Yinuo, they had killed ten in total.

Since its discovery, sixteen had been killed.

There were about forty Level Two Blood Armor Lizards in the hidden Blood Land Vein.

"Once I have cultivated to the grandmaster level, I guess the Level Two Blood Armor Lizards will almost be wiped out. I can’t rely on a depleting resource. When I reclaim Changfeng City, I need to train a group of beast breeders to breed alien beasts, only then can I be self-sufficient."

Lu Yan planned in his heart.

...

A desolate secluded cave somewhere in Qingfeng County.

Inside the cave, it was neat and clean, a round stone table was placed, with eight stone chairs.

At this moment, four figures were sitting on four of the chairs, three men and one woman.

"Everyone, the quotas for the major feudal lords to enter Kunwu Mountain have been revealed, we should have our people among them, right?"

One of the green-haired elders took the lead in speaking.

"Yes, I’ve counted, there are three people in total."

A crisp voice rang out, it was the girl, who looked to be in her twenties, radiant and beautiful, with an extremely beautiful appearance.

"Three people, what are their strengths?"

The green-haired elder asked.

"Not bad, all listed on the Martial Marquis List." The beautiful woman responded.

"That’s enough. We have received reliable information. Those guys in Kunwu Mountain want to cultivate immortal beasts by grafting immortal bones onto the bodies of the alien beasts. It’s ridiculous, a waste of resources. Immortal Bones can only be put to the best use in our Spirit Sect."

"Notify those three people that after entering Kunwu Mountain, they should take the opportunity to hunt down the alien beasts that have had the Immortal Bones implanted in them, retrieve the Immortal Bones, and simultaneously stir up the relationship between Kunwu Mountain and the major feudal lords. This will prepare for our plan to unify the six counties of Lingdong."

Green-haired elder said.

"But inside Kunwu Mountain, there are ten Level Three Monster Kings, equivalent to the grandmasters, and they are particularly powerful inside Kunwu Mountain. Those alien beasts that have had the Immortal Bones implanted are sure to be the focus of attention, it will be difficult to get our hands on them."

The beautiful woman said.

"So, we need to distract those Level Three Monster Kings in Kunwu Mountain beforehand. Those guys have been completely controlled by the Martial Spirit and have turned into demons. They are hard to control now, so let’s just throw them out to distract the monster kings of Kunwu Mountain."

The green-haired elder proposed.

"Alright, leave this matter to me," said a refined man.

If Zhao Tiansheng were here, he would immediately recognize that this refined man was the same Martial Spirit who had helped the Demon King escape in Lingwang City.

...

In a blink of an eye, three months had passed, and there were still two months before the entry into Kunwu Mountain.

Lu Yan’s cultivation level had finally reached the peak of Martial Marquis Level Three.

Inside the practice room, Lu Yan was bare-chested and repeatedly performing the Vajra Indestructible Skill.

Nine streams of bone strength circulated through his body, causing great vibrations and opening the fourth layer of bone space.

This process was familiar to Lu Yan and accomplished with ease.

Too easy.

Ordinary Martial Marquis would put their lives on the line to break through even a minor level, which was often filled with difficulties and might result in multiple failures and bone injuries.

But for Innate Martial Bodies and Acquired Martial Bodies, the process was relaxed and satisfying.

There are gains and losses, this is the rule of life.

After ten days...

Lu Yan’s cultivation stabilized; all nine streams of bone strength grew stronger, each one doubling in power from before.

As a result, Lu Yan’s overall strength rapidly progressed, reaching a new level.

"There are only fifty days left. It’s hard to make a significant improvement in my cultivation level, so I should practice the archery martial arts," Lu Yan pondered.

He chose the ninth type of archery martial arts to master and successfully cultivated his martial arts avatar within just a few days.

He then consumed martial food to accelerate his mastery of the archery martial arts.

Second-rate martial arts were much quicker to improve, especially with the use of second-tier martial food. One catty of second-tier martial food could enhance one’s mastery by 50% at the beginner stage.

Ingesting more than twenty catties of martial food a day, Lu Yan was able to improve a second-rate archery martial art to about 40% mastery within a day.

In just a week, Lu Yan had attained Unity of Man and Martial Arts in one second-rate archery martial art.

He then moved on to the second art, then the third art...

A month before the mission to Kunwu Mountain, Lu Yan had already elevated three kinds of archery martial arts to the level of Unity of Man and Martial Arts.

Now, he had five kinds of archery martial arts at the level of Unity of Man and Martial Arts.

He was still four short.

It was time to set off.

Having made his arrangements, Lu Yan left Baicao City.

He traveled using the Cloud Walk technique, which was much faster than riding a horse. In less than seven days, he arrived in Lingwang City and settled down at an inn.

The next day, Lu Yan went to the Zhao Clan’s Legitimate Office.

"You’re here? Are you planning to enter Kunwu Mountain with my Zhao Clan?" an elderly man with white hair asked.

"Correct."

Lu Yan nodded.

"That’s fine. I’ll register this and report it immediately. Lingwang City is quite far from Kunwu Mountain, so we need to set off ten days in advance. Come to the office then, and I’ll take you to the gathering place," the white-haired man said.

"Thank you," Lu Yan responded, bowing his fist.

After registering, Lu Yan returned to the inn. With more than ten days left before the departure, naturally, he wouldn’t waste any time. He took out the dried martial food he’d prepared beforehand and continued to enhance his archery martial arts.

There weren’t many days left, and Lu Yan didn’t bother renting another place.

Seven days later, another second-rate archery martial art had been elevated to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts.

Lu Yan’s understanding of archery was growing deeper and deeper.

However, one day, a young man came to find Lu Yan.

"Are you Lu Ren?" the young man asked bluntly in the inn’s bedroom.

"Correct. Who are you to barge into my bedroom without permission? What’s your business here?" Lu Yan asked, his face cold.

The man had not sent a message beforehand but had just walked in. Luckily, he hadn’t discovered any of Lu Yan’s secrets, otherwise, Lu Yan would have to kill him to ensure his silence.

"I am Zhao Po from the Zhao Clan," the young man said.

"Oh? And then?" Lu Yan asked in reply.

"I heard you were lucky and got a master-level Demon Evils Crystal, which earned you a spot to enter Kunwu Mountain. Name your price. How much do you want for that spot?" Zhao Po asked.

"So you’re a failing competitor within the Zhao Clan," Lu Yan realized.

All the grandmaster level Clans were competing for the seventy-two spots in Kunwu Mountain.

And within each grandmaster level Clan, they also competed for the quota to enter Kunwu Mountain.

For example, the Li Clan had five spots, meaning only the strongest five people were eligible to enter Kunwu Mountain.

And the Zhao Clan, even after giving out three spots, only had fifteen left.

The Zhao Clan also needed competitors for these fifteen spots.

Zhao Po’s intention to buy Lu Yan’s spot clearly showed that he had failed in the competition.

"Sorry, but it’s not for sale," Lu Yan declined, shaking his head.

Zhao Po’s eyes turned cold.

"You better think it through. Kunwu Mountain is not a peaceful paradise. The creatures there are extremely violent. There have been many cases of entrants being killed by the creatures. Moreover, only top-level Martial Marquis are present in Kunwu Mountain. It’s not beneficial for those with insufficient strength to enter. Don’t think you’ll gain any treasures," Zhao Po warned coldly.

"You don’t need to worry about that. I can handle myself. Now, please leave," Lu Yan waved him off, dismissing him.