24: You call me Senior Sister, I call you Master

Senior Apprentice Xuan Qi looked at Lu Chen's actions in surprise, a hint of confusion flashing in her bright eyes. 'Why does Junior Brother Lu have to burrow underground when performing the Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers Technique? Will the Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers Technique performed this way be stronger?'

'Learned something!'

A thought flashed through Xuan Qi's mind: "Junior Brother, wait for me for a moment."

After saying this, Xuan Qi quickly burrowed underground. When she reappeared, a tall stone little giant also stood beside her, even taller than Lu Chen's Copper Armor Dao Soldiers, measuring a full three and a half meters or more, exceeding one *zhang*. It looked almost identical to the Copper Armor Dao Soldiers wrapped in stone armor, only more oppressive.

Lu Chen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, giving a single-handed '6'.

"We can start now," Xuan Qi said, pointing at the stone figure beside her, which was over one *zhang* tall.

Without any unnecessary words, the Copper Armor Dao Soldiers stomped heavily, moving as fast as lightning, and fiercely charged towards Xuan Qi's stone figure.

The stone figure, over one *zhang* tall, moved at the same instant, throwing punches like beating drums, with strength capable of lifting mountains. "Bang!" A deafening roar, like mountains colliding, erupted.

With the first punch, Xuan Qi's stone figure had its arm fiercely shattered by the Copper Armor Dao Soldiers.

"Bang!" The Copper Armor Dao Soldiers became even more fierce after gaining the advantage. The moment it shattered the stone figure, it grabbed again, seizing the stone figure's head, and violently tore it off. Its feet moved again, turning into an afterimage, and from top to bottom, it fiercely struck the stone figure over one *zhang* tall, breaking it into a pile of shattered stones.

Everything was swift and decisive, and it ended just like that!

The Copper Armor Dao Soldiers silently sank underground and disappeared. In the small courtyard, only a pile of broken stones remained, and a completely stunned Xuan Qi!

She seemed not to have reacted yet, her bright big eyes staring blankly at the stones scattered on the ground, then looking at the Copper Armor Dao Soldiers that had sunk underground and disappeared. Finally, she looked at the somewhat bored Lu Chen, opened her mouth, then closed it.

She opened her mouth again, but still closed it.

Finally, as if she couldn't hold back, she spoke: "Your Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers... I mean, your Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers... Hmm, never mind!"

By the end of her sentence, Xuan Qi seemed to have lost all strength, as if she had been hit hard.

Lu Chen knew what Xuan Qi wanted to say; it was nothing more than 'Why are both Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers, yet your Earth Element armor is so different?'

Compared to it, Xuan Qi's Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers was like a 'very large Muggle,' while Lu Chen's Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers was like a savage dragon that had emerged from the depths of the wild mountains, possessing infinite strength, swift and brutal killing power, and extremely rapid movement. It didn't resemble a stone figure completely condensed from Earth Element that lacked any intelligence!

Regarding this, Lu Chen just wanted to 'hehe'. There's even more different stuff I didn't dare show you!

His Copper Armor Dao Soldiers also controlled Earth Element and Fire Element. If it were truly fighting to kill, it would be far from as 'friendly' as it appeared. Yes, friendly.

Because the Copper Armor Dao Soldiers had just displayed less than one-fifth of its strength.

Ordinary Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers Technique does not have the ability to control the power of Earth Element and Fire Element, nor does it possess such astonishing combat instinct as the Copper Armor Dao Soldiers.

The Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers Technique, to put it bluntly, is just a small magic. It's okay for fighting some unintelligent demonic beasts, and it can also withstand damage, but if you want to use it to slay demons and devils or engage in magical duels, I'm sorry, you're asking too much of this small magic.

However, Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers is not just limited to condensing an Earth Element armor, nor is it only limited to condensing a human form. As long as you wish, dragon form, tiger, and leopard can all be condensed, and there is no limit to the quantity, provided your strength is sufficient.

Xuan Qi merely wanted to compare whose magic was more profound, which is why she only condensed one Earth Element armor to compare strength.

But the result was brutal. Her Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers Technique was beaten into the dust by Lu Chen's Copper Armor Dao Soldiers, making Xuan Qi begin to doubt life several times!

'No, for the same magic, is the difference in the hands of different people really that great?'

'Why? Lu Chen is clearly just an Outer Sect Disciple who has just entered the Spirit Transformation Realm, and hasn't even entered the Inner Sect yet!'

'And she, even within the Inner Sect, is not unknown; she is a well-known Penetrating Aperture Peak realm cultivator. One step further, and she can step into the Mysterious Method realm, travel the universe starry sky, and even compete for a spot among the direct disciples on Dongming Sect's Mingjing Peak. Even going to Dongming Sect's Ancestral Land in the depths of the Starry Sky, she would have a place.'

'But in the Earth Elemental Spell she is most skilled in, she was actually crushed by this unknown Outer Sect Junior Brother in front of her?'

'Her Earth Element True Intent is not the second layer, but the third layer, a level that only Xuan Fa Realm existences can reach. Could it be that Lu Chen's Earth Element True Intent has stepped into the fourth layer?'

"I yield," Lu Chen said with a light cough, seeing that Xuan Qi's bright big eyes seemed to have lost their light.

"Hmm..." Xuan Qi let out a long 'hmm', and after a long while, her gaze finally firmed up: "Teach me."

Lu Chen: "..."

What do I have to teach?

Teach you to have a Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin born with you?

This is Copper Armor Dao Soldiers, not Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers!

"Sorry, this, I can't teach," Lu Chen refused.

Xuan Qi blinked her bright big eyes and said humbly: "I can pay?"

Lu Chen remained unmoved.

"Spiritual stones?"

"Merit Points will also work?"

Looking at this Senior Apprentice Xuan Qi, who was clearly straightforward in her actions but possessed an exceptionally bright and moving appearance, yet was now looking humble, Lu Chen remained indifferent.

Can being good-looking be eaten as food?

Of course not. The secret of the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin cannot be exposed, no matter who comes.

But this Senior Apprentice Xuan Qi in front of him seemed quite stubborn, showing a momentum of not stopping until she achieved her goal.

Lu Chen said righteously: "This is my ultimate secret technique, and I cannot pass it on."

Xuan Qi blinked her bright big eyes, looked around, and after confirming no one was present, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, like a thief, she came beside Lu Chen and whispered: "If it really doesn't work, I can become your disciple.

"Outside, you call me Senior Apprentice-Sister, and when no one is around, I'll call you Master. How about it?"

Black lines appeared on Lu Chen's forehead. Are we going to address each other differently depending on the situation?!

His face fell, and he painstakingly explained: "Actually, it can't be passed on. This is talent. It's innate, you understand?"

Xuan Qi had a look of resistance, just short of writing 'Do I look like an idiot?' on her bright and beautiful face.

Let me tell you, if I couldn't beat you, I would have had my Dao Soldiers throw you out by now, you know?

Lu Chen's mind raced. This Senior Apprentice-Sister is not easy to fool; he needs to find a harsher way to get rid of her.

"Alright, I'll come clean! This magic of mine is actually not the Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers Technique..."

Before he finished speaking, a light named 'wisdom' seemed to flash in Xuan Qi's bright big eyes. She clapped her hands together fiercely: "I knew it! How could Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers be so powerful? Quickly teach me..."

Lu Chen interrupted in time: "Hear me out. This great magic was actually passed on to me by a mysterious existence whose name cannot be spoken, under a certain Opportunity."

Changing the subject, Lu Chen began to play the victim: "Senior Apprentice-Sister, you know how terrifying the will of such an existence is. If I were to teach you this method without permission, that mysterious big shot would take my life."

"Senior Apprentice-Sister wouldn't want to see me lose my life for nothing, right?"