After taking Ye Qi ho, Chu Qingyun returned directly to his quarters at the Great Xia Dragon Guard garrison.
He bolted the door and took out the manual for the Third Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, along with twenty-two Tier Three Wood-type Spiritual dicines.
The Third Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern was far more complex and intricate than the first two, making it much more difficult to study.
Chu Qingyun had comprehended the first two layers with ease.
This Third Layer, however, took him over two hours to fully understand and master.
He'd had no rest the entire day, from the gambling duel to the brawl at Songhe Tower. Chu Qingyun was far from his peak condition.
The twenty-sothing Tier Three Wood-type Spiritual dicines were extrely valuable. If he wasted them, Chu Qingyun wouldn't have the resources to try again.
Therefore, he didn't rush his cultivation. Instead, he decided to rest for the night and get himself into optimal condition before attempting to cultivate the Third Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern.
After a good night's sleep, Chu Qingyun woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and clear-headed, his body and mind completely restored to their peak.
After washing up and eating sothing, he began to cultivate the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern.
The process for cultivating the Third Layer was largely the sa as the Second: first, he had to refine the Essence of Wood from the Wood-type Spiritual dicine, then use it to inscribe the Third Layer's Wood Pattern onto his body.
Refining over twenty Tier Three Spiritual dicines was an incredibly demanding task. It was a great test of his Primordial Power, energy, Physical Strength, and even his patience.
Fortunately, Chu Qingyun excelled in these areas. He worked until night began to fall, by which ti he had finally finished refining the essences of all twenty-two spiritual dicines.
Once the essences were extracted, the next step—Refining—was much simpler. He simply handed the task over to his Devouring Martial Soul. In less than two minutes, all the essences were completely refined, becoming as gentle and easy to control as his own Primordial Power.
Next ca the final step: Inscription Refining. On the foundation of the Second Layer's Fire Pattern, he would inscribe the Third Layer's Wood Pattern.
He worked until midnight again before the final Wood Pattern was at last inscribed. All at once, the Third Layer's Divine Patterns on Chu Qingyun's body connected, forming a single, complete, and perfect whole.
A faint cyan light flared to life, and a feeling of imnse power surged through Chu Qingyun's entire body.
With his Primordial Power as an eight-level Martial Artist, activating the perfected Third Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern not only gave him a trendous boost in strength, but it also greatly enhanced his physical defense, enough to let him withstand most Tier Three Soul Techniques head-on!
With the Third Layer complete, a few thoughts couldn't help but cross Chu Qingyun's mind.
'No wonder most of Lianshan County's Martial Spirit Level experts are concentrated in the County City. And no wonder nearly all Martial Artists yearn to be here.'
'The cultivation resources available in Lianshan County City are on a completely different level from the lesser cities.'
'All that ti from Qingshan City to Fla City, I could never find enough Spiritual dicine to cultivate the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern.'
'Even when I needed it most, I didn't have the resources to complete the Second Layer. The bottleneck, of all things, was that the Fla City Ten Thousand Treasures Tower didn't have enough Ice-type Demon Cores!'
'But here with the Great Xia Dragon Guard, a situation like that is simply impossible!'
'The exchange office has amassed a sea of all kinds of resources. As long as you have enough Military rits, the supply of any treasure inside is practically unlimited!'
The Celestial Wind Army Master had given him a deadline, but there were still several days left. Chu Qingyun was in no hurry to go to the rit Assessnt Office and begin the Illusion Realm trial.
The situation with Ye Qi, combined with his own affairs, had put so pressure on him. It forced him to be extrely cautious about the upcoming trial.
Having just completed the Third Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, his power would increase dramatically when he used it.
Such a sudden surge in power wasn't sothing that could be easily controlled and utilized. Chu Qingyun still needed ti to adapt to this new layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern.
He had also only just managed to execute his Thunder Sword Montum using vines; there was still much room for improvent and many details to refine.
So, for the next few days, Chu Qingyun remained in the training grounds reserved for Captains, doing everything he could to enhance every ounce of his strength.
And so, on the third day, the Four Races Martial Arts Competition, hosted by the Four Great Clans of Lianshan County City, officially began.
The Four Races Martial Arts Competition was considered the County City's grand annual event.
Chu Qingyun had heard a fair bit about it over the past few days.
The Four Great Clans of Lianshan County City: the Ye Family, the Zhou Family, the Jin Family, and the Xiao Family.
Every year, these four families would hold the grand Four Races Martial Arts Competition to rank the strength of their younger generations.
For every competition, they would invite the various powers within the County City to attend and observe.
After the rankings were decided, young geniuses from other factions were permitted to challenge the younger generation of the four families. Of course, mbers of the four families could also challenge others.
The Great Xia Dragon Guard was, naturally, also invited to spectate every year.
However, there was a tradition—one whose origins were unknown.
The Six Armies of the Great Xia Dragon Guard would take turns attending, but unlike the other factions, they wouldn't show up on the first day and stay until the very end.
By convention, the attending army from the Great Xia Dragon Guard, led by its Military Lord, would only show up on the final day—sotis only for the very last match.
Their perfunctory and dismissive attitude was on full display.
The Four Great Clans were undoubtedly very unhappy about this, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the strength of the Great Xia Dragon Guard was enough to completely crush all four of them combined.
But the younger generation mbers of the Four Races participating in the competition certainly couldn't swallow this insult.
As a result, almost every year, many of them would step up to challenge the Great Xia Dragon Guard.
It's just that the outco was always disastrous for them.
Their so-called top-ranked geniuses—first place, second place, top ten, top eight—were often thrashed into a miserable, disorganized ss by the Gold dal Captains brought by the various Grand Commanders.
The Great Xia Dragon Guard recruited geniuses from all over Lianshan County.
The Four Great Clans, on the other hand, only focused on cultivating the geniuses within their own clans.
Therefore, in terms of both the quantity and quality of geniuses, the Six Armies of the Great Xia Dragon Guard far surpassed the Four Great Clans.
Of course, in this so-called competition of the younger generation, the participants sent by each side were typically nine-level Martial Artists; even a Half-Step Martial Spirit was an extrely rare sight.
After all, if true Martial Spirit Level experts were to fight, a slight mishap that resulted in one or two being killed or crippled would escalate into a major incident.
This year, it was the Celestial Wind Army's turn to attend the Four Races Martial Arts Competition.
Over the past few days, Sun Daxiong and Xia He had gone to watch it a few tis.
They had invited Chu Qingyun several tis, but he had declined.
He knew a little about the so-called geniuses of the Four Great Clans. Based on past years, the strongest among them were rely at the Gold dal Captain level, which wasn't enough to pique his interest in the slightest.
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