10: Tai'a Emperor Sword

“We’ve been friends for so many years, there’s no need for such formalities. Drink it quickly. This thing should allow you to officially embark on the path of Cultivation. No matter how precious it is, it’s worth it.”

The preciousness of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk was no less than that of a holy medicine. It could directly increase Cultivation and also had the effect of cleansing Meridians and improving one’s Foundation.

However, Wu Ning didn’t care. The ancient ring his mother gave him contained a lot of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, and even Immortal Spirit Milk.

“Able to make us Cultivate…”

Li Yuanbao’s eyes lit up. He picked up the wine cup and gulped it down in one go.

After a cup of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk entered his stomach, it immediately transformed into a surging pure spiritual power, rapidly circulating within his body.

Fortunately, this spiritual power was extremely gentle, otherwise it would have directly burst him!

“Holy crap! I’ve Broken Through…”

Li Yuanbao licked the wine cup. His Cultivation instantly broke through the threshold that he hadn’t Broken Through for more than ten years, entering the Qi Gathering Realm.

And it was still rapidly soaring. After ten breaths, he directly Broke Through to the Innate Realm.

Innate First Level!

Innate Second Level!

…

Innate Ninth Level!

He paused at Innate Ninth Level for a while, then broke through to the True Essence Realm in one go, finally stopping at True Essence Realm Third Level.

Everyone was dumbfounded. A cup of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk actually allowed Li Yuanbao to directly cross two major Realms, Breaking Through from the Body Refining Realm to True Essence Realm Third Level in one step!

But in reality, Li Yuanbao only passively absorbed a small portion of the spiritual power from that cup of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.

A large portion of the spiritual power was still hidden within his body, slowly improving his Foundation. After accounting for consumption, it could at least help him Cultivate to the Transformation Sea Realm.

Xu Ziqian watched with burning eyes and no longer waited. He drank the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk in his hand into his stomach.

While absorbing the spiritual power of the Spirit Milk, he began to try to circulate his Cultivation Technique.

It only took a very short time to go from being unfamiliar to skilled and smooth.

Wu Ning nodded slightly. Although this guy’s Cultivation Aptitude was as bad as a pile of shit, his Comprehension Ability was definitely at the Genius level.

At the same time, Li Yuanbao was also trying to circulate his Cultivation Technique, but his Comprehension Ability was much worse than Xu Ziqian’s.

Several times, he almost sent the spiritual power into the wrong Meridians.

After a full fifteen minutes.

The two of them opened their eyes one after another.

Xu Ziqian directly Broke Through to True Essence Realm Ninth Level in one go, only one step away from the Transformation Sea Realm.

Li Yuanbao successfully ran his Cultivation Technique for one grand cycle, and his Cultivation Broke Through another small Realm, reaching True Essence Realm Fourth Level.

“Hahaha…”

“That guy Su Chen Broke Through to the True Essence Realm at eighteen and was hailed as the number one Genius of Great Jin, and I, your humble servant, am only seventeen this year, yet I’ve already Broke Through to True Essence Realm Fourth Level, hahaha…”

Li Yuanbao laughed unrestrainedly.

Xu Ziqian rolled his eyes at him. That guy was the real deal, Cultivating step by step. How could you be the same?

He opened his mouth, about to say something, when he suddenly smelled a pungent, foul odor.

His gaze instantly fell on himself.

He saw that his originally fair skin was covered in a layer of black stuff, emitting a nauseating smell.

An invisible barrier surrounded him, preventing these smells from drifting outwards.

“Ugh~~”

Xu Ziqian gagged, covering his face, and transformed into an afterimage, rushing towards the entrance of the back garden.

“Brother Wu, I’ll take my leave first. We’ll meet another day.”

“Ugh~ Your Highness, let’s gather another day…”

Li Yuanbao’s face was contorted. When he left, he also took the wine cup with him.

Wu Ning waved his hand, and the lingering strange smell in the air immediately dissipated.

The spirit deer meat on the table had already been eaten by him. He stood up, let out a satisfied burp, and walked towards the house.

Zhang Liang, Qi Hao, and the others immediately relaxed.

The meat and vegetables were almost all eaten, and a dozen people were gathered around the table drinking hot pot soup base.

There was quite a bit of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk in it.

Qi Hao drank two large bowls and directly Broke Through from True Essence Realm Ninth Level to the Transformation Sea Realm.

Except for the two old women who had no Cultivation, everyone else had a Breakthrough.

A guard sighed:

“I didn’t expect our Your Highness to not only be terrifyingly strong but also have such a powerful background. It’s incredible!”

“Yes, I was already prepared to coexist and perish with the Mansion, but I didn’t expect such a big reversal.”

“Haha… If those guys who left knew, they’d probably regret it so much their intestines would turn green!”

“Hmph! Faithless things, fortunately, they left early…”

Everyone discussed in low voices.

Zhang Liang couldn’t help but glance in the direction Wu Ning had left, sighing inwardly.

Shallow waters do not raise Dragons. Your Highness revealed his identity, so he should be leaving soon, right?

At that time, where should they go?

…

In the room.

Wu Ning set up a barrier, sat cross-legged on the bed, and was trying to refine a dark golden ancient sword.

There was a powerful Seal on the ancient sword, suppressing its sharpness and Dao rhythm, otherwise the entire Mansion would probably be razed to the ground by the Sword Qi it emitted.

This was an Emperor Artifact, named Tai’a Emperor Sword!

Among the ancient rings Murong Yin gave him, there weren’t many Immortal Artifacts, only seven or eight.

But there were many Emperor Artifacts, at least a hundred!

Wu Ning estimated that it would be difficult for him to refine an Immortal Artifact with his current Cultivation, so he planned to refine an Emperor Artifact first to practice.

However, the might of an Emperor Artifact also exceeded his imagination. Even if it was ownerless, it was still terrifyingly powerful.

He refined it for a day and a night, only grasping a trace of the Emperor Artifact’s Origin.

At this rate, it would take about two or three months to completely refine this Tai’a Emperor Sword.

Wu Ning was secretly startled. Just from the powerful might of this single Emperor Artifact, one could see how terrifying an Emperor Realm expert truly was!

Perhaps in the eyes of an Emperor Realm expert, a Supreme and an ordinary person were not much different; both would be instantly killed.

He originally thought he could contend with an Emperor Realm expert with an Immortal Artifact, but now it seemed a bit naive.

An Emperor Realm expert might not be able to contend with an Immortal Artifact, but for him to try and control an Immortal Artifact with his current Cultivation was simply wishful thinking.

Wu Ning immediately dismissed the idea of going out and messing around, planning to develop stealthily for a while longer, at least until his Cultivation was raised to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

He cast aside distracting thoughts and focused on refining the Tai’a Emperor Sword.

…

Time flew by, and two months passed quickly.

During these two months, many things happened in the capital.

Ever since Wu Ning captured Hu Elder and his group with one move that day, the entire capital was shocked.

After a few more days, no one from the Seven Stars Sect came again. They understood that the matter was over, and the Prince Yan’s Mansion had settled the Seven Stars Sect.

After that, the Prince Yan’s Mansion’s reputation soared, and people from various Families in the capital came to visit with generous gifts.

Peaceful Western King even came to apologize immediately.

However, Wu Ning was in seclusion refining the Emperor Artifact and had no interest in seeing those people.

They could only leave their generous gifts and depart regretfully.

Additionally, one month after Wu Ning entered seclusion, Li Yuanbao, unable to bear the loneliness, went to challenge Su Chen and decisively defeated him.

He displayed a Cultivation of True Essence Realm Seventh Level.

His reputation soared, and countless people were stunned.