25: Silver Armor Taoist Soldier

Xuan Qi's bright, beautiful large eyes scanned Lu Chen repeatedly.

Could Lu Chen's words be believed?

Of course not. From the beginning until now, Lu Chen's story had changed three times, and each time it changed, his expression would change with it. His acting was good, but Xuan Qi didn't believe him.

However, one point could be believed, and could also be inferred.

That was, this Spell was very likely not Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers. There was a high probability that a powerful cultivator from outside the Sect had taught him. As for some mysterious existence whose name couldn't be spoken, and teaching others would cost one's life, Xuan Qi didn't believe that.

It was just that this kind of Spell ultimately didn't belong to Lu Chen, so teaching it to her like this was indeed inappropriate.

'In the end, there were still a couple of true words. It wasn't like all ten sentences were false.' Xuan Qi smiled knowingly, thinking that even if she hadn't seen through everything Lu Chen said, she had grasped most of it.

"Very well, since it was passed down by an expert, Senior Apprentice-Sister won't force you. I'm leaving." Xuan Qi waved her hand, not exposing Lu Chen's string of lies, turned around, and left without any hesitation. Compared to her previous pestering, she was like a completely different person.

Unfortunately, what Xuan Qi didn't know was that among Lu Chen's ten sentences, there wasn't even half a true word. Let alone half a sentence, out of everything he said during the entire process, only the word 'Soldier' from Gathering Earth to Form Soldiers was slightly related!

Watching Senior Apprentice Xuan Qi stride away into the distance, Lu Chen let out a long breath, but remained vigilant: "This Senior Apprentice Xuan Qi left so freely, she's probably still harboring other ideas. I'll have to be wary of her in the future!"

Also, if he were to enter the Inner Sect in the future, he absolutely couldn't enter Mingjing Peak. Otherwise, staying on the same Mingjing Peak as this Senior Apprentice Xuan Qi, he estimated he wouldn't have a peaceful life.

Taking a moment, he checked the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin. The Great Demon Rat's Monster Corpse still hadn't been cultivated into a Silver Armor Dao Soldier. Lu Chen then headed to the Internal Affairs Hall. First, he exchanged the bamboo slip Xuan Qi had given him for fifty Merit Points, and then used fifty Merit Points to exchange for three 'Purple Spirit Pills' that could aid Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation.

These 'Purple Spirit Pills' cost fifteen Merit Points each. Fifty Merit Points instantly became forty-five gone. Adding the three Merit Points he had left before, he only had eight Merit Points remaining.

"No more Merit Points again!" Lu Chen sighed.

This cultivation wasn't something that could be easily achieved by being alone. With Lu Chen's Aptitude, plus his accompanying treasure, if he didn't have the aid of pills and the assistance of mid-grade spiritual stones, he would still be lingering in the Late Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm by now.

Cultivating steadily and breaking through to Spirit Transformation would be something that happened at least two or three years later.

Reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm would take even longer; the required time would increase exponentially. After all, cultivation itself was about seizing the creation of heaven and earth to complete oneself. It was a gradual process, and also an extremely slow process.

It was just that this process was shortened by Lu Chen using pills and mid-grade spiritual stones. In reality, pills were also formed from various spirit herbs in the world, spirit herbs also consumed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and spiritual stones were originally formed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. These were all natural creations of heaven and earth.

"Hmm, if I were to be promoted to Inner Sect Disciple at this time, there should also be Sect rewards, which would be enough for cultivation needs for now."

While contemplating, Lu Chen had already returned to his small courtyard: "The Silver Armor Dao Soldiers are almost cultivated. Hmm, I should also prepare Water Element Spells."

Before, when the Iron Armor Dao Soldiers were promoted to Copper Armor Dao Soldiers and when five Copper Armor Dao Soldiers were cultivated, he seized the opportunity to briefly merge his mind into the Dao Soldiers, and through this, comprehend the Earth Element and Fire Element that the Dao Soldiers could control from birth. Using this opportunity, he advanced his Earth Element True Intent to the second layer and comprehended the first layer of Fire Intent.

This time, a full fifteen Copper Armor Dao Soldiers could be promoted to Silver Armor Dao Soldiers, and he could also cultivate ten more Silver Armor Dao Soldiers. He had to seize this opportunity even more.

He would strive to comprehend Earth Element True Intent to the third layer, or even the fourth layer. Fire Intent must be comprehended to at least the second layer, and he also needed to comprehend the intent of the Water Element, which Silver Armor Dao Soldiers could control.

As of now, Lu Chen had only cultivated the two Spells, Earth Element and Fire Element. He hadn't prepared any Water Element Spells yet.

It was a pity that Dao Soldiers didn't control Sword Dao, otherwise his Sword Intent could also increase by a level.

Sword Dao emphasized killing, and its killing power was the most astonishing. Lu Chen wouldn't easily give it up. After entering the Inner Sect, he still needed to take time to properly cultivate Sword Dao techniques to comprehend higher levels of Sword Intent.

Dao Soldiers were important, and his own strength couldn't fall behind either.

While planning his future cultivation path, the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly trembled slightly. Lu Chen immediately felt it: "Silver Armor Dao Soldier, it's done!"

An inexplicable feedback force surged from the Immortal Coffin, spreading into Lu Chen's limbs and bones, his internal organs, causing his Physical Body to slowly strengthen and his power to increase.

He was overjoyed and immediately sat down cross-legged, sinking his mind into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin to seize the opportunity to comprehend.

As expected, at the very moment the Silver Armor Dao Soldier was cultivated, Lu Chen once again projected himself into the Silver Armor Dao Soldier, feeling the power of Earth Element, Fire Element, and Water Element controlled by the Dao Soldier.

"The innate advantage of the Silver Armor Dao Soldier is getting bigger and bigger!"

Although the power of Earth Element and Fire Element controlled by Dao Soldiers from birth couldn't be measured by True Intent, it could be roughly estimated that the Earth Element power controlled by Copper Armor Dao Soldiers might have already touched upon the fourth or fifth layer of True Intent. The Fire Intent was slightly inferior and should not exceed the third layer.

And the Silver Armor Dao Soldier was even better. Converting it to Earth Element True Intent, it might have completely reached the fifth-layer level, no longer just touching upon it.

The moment Lu Chen projected himself into the Silver Armor Dao Soldier, he felt a great impact from the profoundness of Earth Element True Intent, the intensity of Fire Intent, and the inclusiveness of Water Elemental Intent. His Soul seemed to have been sublimated.

His comprehension of True Intent was rapidly rising.

This process only lasted for about a quarter of an hour (fifteen minutes) before ending.

But even so, Lu Chen's Earth Element True Intent still increased by a segment, reaching the peak of the second layer, ready to break through to the third layer at any time.

As for Fire Element and Water Elemental Intent, he hadn't had time to comprehend them carefully, so there wasn't much change.

"No rush, there are still many opportunities." Lu Chen opened his eyes, suppressing the restlessness in his heart.

Right now, only one Silver Armor Dao Soldier had been cultivated. Afterward, he could cultivate nine more, and fifteen Copper Armor Dao Soldiers would be promoted to Silver Armor Dao Soldiers. These were all his opportunities.

Next, let's take a look at the newly cultivated Silver Armor Dao Soldier!

As soon as Lu Chen's thought moved, the Silver Armor Dao Soldier from the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin abruptly appeared before him.

It was nearly one zhang tall, definitely over three meters. Standing before Lu Chen, it was a good half a head taller than Lu Chen. Its entire body was silver-white, as if cast from metal, astonishingly robust. One arm was even thicker than Xuan Qi's waist. Its face was still blurred, with no specific facial features, but vaguely seemed to bear some resemblance to Lu Chen.

He flipped his hand and took out his Flying Sword, erupting with astonishing Sword Intent. He lightly slashed the Silver Armor Dao Soldier's arm with the sword, surprisingly producing a harsh "zzzt" sound of metal friction, like a Golden Body of Undying.

"Good!" Lu Chen's eyes lit up. His spiritual power and Sword Intent erupted to the extreme, instantly tearing through the air, and with a resounding 'clang', the strike landed on the Silver Armor Dao Soldier's arm.

It still seemed like a Golden Body of Undying; not even the skin was broken.

"This Physical Body, I'm afraid even a master who just entered the Xuan Fa Realm might not be able to damage it!" Lu Chen exclaimed in surprise.

He had used his full strength, even pushing his Sword Intent to its peak, yet the Silver Armor Dao Soldier didn't even flinch, much less use Earth Element power for defense.

Good, good, good, worthy of being a Silver Armor Dao Soldier!

Let's take it out for a spin!