Chapter 645: Chapter 624: True King

Xu Qingjin stayed in the Steel Dwarves world to cultivate.

Due to Zhou Leng’s extraordinary status and power, the dwarf tribe sent many female Steel Dwarves to accompany her, spar with her, and help her cultivate.

She was even allowed unlimited insight into ancient relics.

Abundant resources are an extremely important factor for any cultivator.

Here, surrounded by Steel Dwarves, with no access to the internet and no external distractions, plus the vast supply of high-quality pills from Zhou Leng, her strength increased rapidly.

It didn’t take long for her to successfully advance to the Vitality Stage and begin preparing for the Innate stage.

After Zhou Leng advanced to Grandmaster, the offerings she received from the Steel Dwarves increased even more, and just a little spillover was enough for Xu Qingjin to be more than satisfied.

Thus, Xu Qingjin enjoyed the same top-tier treatment and benefits as the dwarves with top bloodlines.

The dwarf trials, which humans pay a great price to partake in, were given to Xu Qingjin unconditionally.

Like Zhou Leng, Xu Qingjin also faced many hardships, suffering severe injuries or reaching near death every two to three months.

Fortunately, fearing Zhou Leng’s retribution, the Steel Dwarves world always went to great lengths to heal her.

As for the high treatment costs, they were all charged to her husband’s account.

During this time, she also went for the Giant Trial once, but failed the trial; however, curiously, she was lucky enough to receive the Armor King’s blessing, gaining part of a Giant Body.

Jade Wings periodically came to the Steel Dwarves world to find Zhou Leng, burdened with the mission from the Queen of Red Eyes and the Demigod Dragon Kings, always stewing over the Dragon God’s battle techniques, fearing they would be lost if Zhou Leng died.

The clever Red Eyes, upon learning of Xu Qingjin’s identity, immediately took the “lady’s route,” gifting many dragon race resources Xu Qingjin needed under the guise of an engagement present.

The richness of various martial arts resources made even the demigod descendants of the dwarf race envious.

To Red Eyes, martial arts resources below the Innate stage were wasted if not given away, as her warehouse was overstocked.

However, compared to the hardships Zhou Leng faced, Xu Qingjin’s cultivation seemed insignificant.

Under the torment of the peculiar little elf, Zhou Leng’s Martial Arts Will often collapsed, and the intensity of learning far exceeded that of high-civilization geniuses.

The peculiar little elf was also under pressure as time was against them.

Without such measures, when the Great Ten Realm War began, Zhou Leng would have no chance to focus on learning for an extended period.

Learning the Divine Text is like boiling water; it must be brought to a boil in one go. If you stop halfway, it would never boil, not even in ten thousand years.

Thus, Zhou Leng studied under the peculiar little elf for a full six months.

The progress of her studies had advanced forty years.

She achieved perfect scores on forty end-of-term exams for those forty years.

Afterward, she took several “pre-kindergarten divine text simulation tests,” scoring above ninety every time.

Once the peculiar little elf confirmed Zhou Leng’s foundation was strong enough, it nodded and said, “Alright. The current teaching progress is complete. Next up, according to the normal teaching schedule, there will be a period of ’wandering study,’ which means training while traveling outside. Unfortunately, as you don’t have a World Instrument, wandering study is not possible for you. Therefore, I suggest you come back every three months or so to gradually complete the rest of your studies.”

Zhou Leng extended her hand, and an instrument similar to the Celestial Instrument appeared in her hand.

“Where did you get the World Instrument?” The peculiar little elf floated with golden hair and a stunning little face, with wide eyes.

“Celestial Ladder reward,” Zhou Leng replied.

“I see. That’s excellent. Since you have the World Instrument… when it’s time for the official retesting, I’ll try to contact the nearest Celestial Region to see if you can undergo a ’spirit body examination.’ If you can, it will be of immense benefit to you.”

“Spirit body examination?”

“How should I explain it… The universe humans have explored is not the entire universe; it’s roughly the scope of ’one deep field.’ And countless billions of these deep fields combine to form a Celestial Region…”

“The Celestial Regions are inherently vast, with distances between them being unimaginably far. Matter transport across these distances requires unimaginable energy and forms enormous shock forces on the matter. Let’s put it this way: even a true god cannot withstand the shock of cross-regional transport…”

“The divine spirits are very clever. Material transport is highly costly, but information transport costs are minimal. Thus, they developed ’consciousness transmission’ using the World Instrument as a node. By condensing your Martial Arts Will into a consciousness entity, commonly known as a spirit body, you can be transmitted to a faraway place…”

“However, a spirit body is simply a spirit body. What’s called spirit body transmission is essentially an advanced form of video communication. Unlike a video call, the learning and growth your spirit body undergoes during this process produce two outcomes…”

“One is simultaneous growth. Your spirit body’s growth directly promotes the growth of the Martial Arts Will, with no gap between the two…”

“The other is delayed growth. Your spirit body trains in martial arts in a high civilization, but upon returning to your current body, cannot immediately obtain the same effect. However, over time, the body will be continuously influenced by the spirit body until it achieves the same results as the spirit body…”

“It’s like eating food; with a spirit body, you might gain the weight a month or even a year later, but the tactile sensation, taste, and feeling of eating are sensed immediately.”

Zhou Leng said, “So I send part of my consciousness to a high-level civilization to learn, and when the consciousness returns, some parts will help me grow quickly, while others will grow slowly.”

“Exactly. Once you achieve full marks consecutively on ten trial exams for the retest, you’ll be able to participate in the real Celestial Region retest, yielding unimaginable rewards.”

“Thank you for your guidance, teacher.”

“Just don’t call me the peculiar little elf behind my back anymore in the future.”

Zhou Leng remained silent.

“Go then. By the way, there’s a ’True King Trial’ involving dragons and giants coming up; try to participate. Once you attain the ’throne,’ there’s a chance to obtain a ’Divine Shadow.’ It will not only enhance your power but also deepen your Divine Text imprint. If all goes well, after acquiring the Divine Shadow, you could participate in the retest within a month at most.”

“True King Trial? I’ve heard of it. Divine Shadow is something I’m hearing about for the first time. What are the benefits after achieving full marks in the retest?”

The peculiar little elf paused for a moment before slowly saying, “If you succeed in your illegal entry, you will gain provisional citizenship of a true high-level civilization. Upon sainthood, you will naturally be promoted to full citizenship. Grasping this opportunity will earn benefits in a high-level civilization that exceed imagination.”

“Such as?”

“For example, once you become a full citizen, you can learn a complete Void God cultivation technique unrestrictedly.”

Zhou Leng’s eyes shone brightly; he was almost crazy thinking about cultivating the true power of the starry sky.

With a complete starry sky cultivation method, it would be possible to directly absorb the unknown true power of the celestial realm without relying on the storage of the Sun Shield Plate.

Zhou Leng took out the Star Refining Furnace and said, “Teacher, I want to use this Star Refining Furnace as soon as possible to refine the Divine Essence Pill to save my friend…”

He explained the situation of Zhang Xinglie in detail, without mentioning Shen Yunxian.

The quirky Little Elf thought for a moment and said, “Celestial Calamity Envoy, Celestial Calamity God… I can’t deal with divine spirits. However, the Divine Essence Pill can indeed save him. Among the materials you’ve listed, three can be found in the ’True King Trial,’ especially the ’Fusion Stardust,’ which the Ten Realms lack entirely; a single grain weighs a hundred tons. However, both the Giants and Giant Dragons highly value the True King Trial, so you must be careful.”

“Hmm, I’ll be careful.”

“Some of the materials are very difficult to find; I’ll give you some brief information. By the way…”

“You can’t directly refine the Divine Essence Pill; you need to practice with ordinary Little Star Pills first. I’ll give you a few martial arts pill recipes suitable for you – it doesn’t matter if you waste them, but if you succeed, you can use them yourself.”

“Thank you, teacher.”

The two continued to discuss for a while.

Zhou Leng pointed to the books on the shelf and asked, “Can I read them?”

“No, you can only read them after you become a citizen of a high-level civilization.”

“Then…” Zhou Leng looked at the body of the Flower of High Earth, hesitant.

“She is your senior,” said the quirky Little Elf.

Zhou Leng thought about it and decided to let it go. He already had an arm; unless he possessed the Flower of High Earth’s bloodline, owning one piece of the Headless God or a complete set wouldn’t make much difference.

Only those with the same bloodline can unleash the terrifying power of the whole set of the Headless God, as if a demigod had descended again.

The quirky Little Elf handed over the Little Star Pill recipe and sent Zhou Leng out.

Swoosh…

Outside the Old Grandfather Mountain, Zhou Leng appeared out of nowhere.

A team of Steel Dwarves saw him and greeted him happily.

Back in the Dwarf city, Zhou Leng met with Xu Qingjin.

The Jade Wings and Mountain and River Origins were there. The Jade Wings stepped forward, blocking the Mountain and River Origins, and said, “Zhou Leng, Her Majesty the Queen…”

“Step aside, I have more important matters.”

Zhou Leng kicked the Jade Wings away and carried the blushing Xu Qingjin into their residence with large strides.

“Zhou Leng!” Mountain and River Origins waved but found Zhou Leng ignoring him, puzzled – didn’t he recognize him?

What about friendship?

It’s over…

Inside the house, the flames of passion rekindled, the reunion was more exciting than a new marriage.

The next day, Xu Qingjin didn’t leave the house.

Zhou Leng walked out energetically.

The eyes of the Jade Wings and Mountain and River Origins were filled with resentment, while Molten Hammer ran over with a cheerful grin.

“Can you introduce me to a tall, leggy, big blond human?” Molten Hammer said, miming an expansive gesture with his hands.

“Sure, I’ll find you a cow.”

The Jade Wings stepped forward, blocking the Mountain and River Origins, and said, “Zhou Leng, I have an important matter…”

The Jade Wings’ body kept sliding back, his feet gripping the ground, making a continuous scraping sound as he plowed out trenches and kicked up dust.

Behind him, the Mountain and River Origins dragged a dragon tail as he stepped back.

“Let go of me! Or I won’t be polite anymore!” the Jade Wings shouted, frustrated.

“It’s about the future of the Giant Race. If you’re not polite, then fight for it.”

“I should have killed you back in the Armor King’s Tomb!” the Jade Wings retorted angrily, but still didn’t make a move.

Zhou Leng looked at Molten Hammer.

Molten Hammer shrugged and said, “They’ve been verbally sparring for half a month now. I’d really like to see them kiss once.”

“You pervert.”

“I like that nickname,” Molten Hammer replied happily.

“What’s going on?”

“The True King Trial – they both want to invite you to join their camp to compete for the True King position.”

“They just became new Grandmasters; I’m a middle-rank Grandmaster. With such a big gap, are they allowed to participate?”

“I feel like you’re showing off. The True King Trial allows upper-rank and below to enter, but only upper-rank Grandmasters actually go in. Surely, they’d be beaten to death if they went in. They’re here to invite you.”

“I see. How much do you know about the True King Trial?” Zhou Leng immediately understood that both sides valued his potential to awaken the power of the ancestors.

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