A mont later, Chu Qingyun's vision returned.
He found himself on a lush green prairie once more, the sky still dotted with fluffy white clouds.
The feeling was very familiar—this was the exact sa place where he had started during the Illusion Realm trial!
'Again? I was just in my room a mont ago...'
The mont this thought appeared, the surrounding space began to distort again.
In an instant, everything around him transford to look exactly like his room—not a single detail was different!
'I... could I have left the Illusion Realm?'
Everything around him looked so much like his room from mory that Chu Qingyun began to suspect he had actually left the Illusion Realm.
'Let's try sothing... Sun Daxiong!'
Chu Qingyun thought for a mont, and the na and image of Sun Daxiong flashed through his mind.
Then, a figure materialized before him—an exact replica of the Sun Daxiong he had just pictured!
"Interesting... Xia He! Grand Commander Chu Yu! Celestial Wind Army Master! Ye Qi! Ning Xue! You Yun! Willow Tree! Yang Tree! Fiery Red Lotus!..."
Chu Qingyun called out one na after another.
And just like that, people and objects appeared out of thin air in his room, one after another—all of them perfect copies of what existed in his mory!
But they all stood completely motionless, as if petrified.
"Xia He, use the Wind-Splitting Finger and destroy that Willow Tree."
Chu Qingyun issued a tentative command.
At his command, the Xia He in the room instantly ca to life. A Tier Four Martial Soul Illusion materialized behind him as he roared, "Wind-Splitting Finger!" A sharp blast of Finger Force shot from his fingertip, obliterating the Willow Tree in a loud BANG and sending splinters flying everywhere.
Everything seed impossibly real!
'Just as I thought... by subduing that Light Card, I've beco the master of this Illusion Realm!'
Chu Qingyun snapped his fingers, and everyone and everything in the room instantly vanished.
Then, with a re thought, the environnt twisted again. In an instant, it beca Chu Family Village, then Qingshan City, the Mist Forest, a mountain valley, a tournant stage...
He could freely simulate anything in the Illusion Realm, as long as he had been there or it existed in his mory. And over all of it, he had absolute control!
However, after experinting for a while, Chu Qingyun discovered that this power didn't seem to have much practical use.
Since everything inside was an illusion, the only practical application Chu Qingyun could think of was to take advantage of the different ti-flow rates between the Illusion Realm and the real world to practice his Sword Technique.
One day in the Illusion Realm was equivalent to only one hour in the real world.
Still, even though he hadn't found any major use for it yet, Chu Qingyun was certain that the Light Card was no ordinary object.
After all, the re fact that it could exist beside his Devouring Martial Soul was proof enough!
His other Martial Souls had all been pushed to the very edge of his Qi Sea.
After a night's rest, Chu Qingyun began cultivating with the Primordial Spirit Liquid the next day.
Chu Qingyun had consud 108 drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid to advance from a Level Seven to a Level Eight Martial Artist.
Now, including what he had left over, he had 307 drops. Although advancing from Level Eight to Level Nine was more difficult, three hundred-odd drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid would be more than enough.
He poured the Primordial Spirit Liquid into his mouth almost ceaselessly, one drop after another.
As he continuously refined the Pure Elental Power within the Primordial Spirit Liquid, the Primordial Power in his Qi Sea steadily accumulated.
If anyone else had witnessed this scene, they would likely have been scared witless.
Pouring that much Primordial Spirit Liquid down one's throat... forget a Level Eight Martial Artist, even a Half-Step Martial Spirit would probably be blown apart from the inside!
After consuming 247 drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid, Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea was once again filled to the brim with Pure Elental Power.
After compressing and refining his Primordial Power once more, his realm successfully ascended to the next level: Level Nine Martial Artist!
After advancing to Level Nine Martial Artist, Chu Qingyun discovered that the Primordial Power in his Qi Sea had beco so pure it now resembled a fine mist.
He still rembered when he first beca a Martial Artist. Back then, the Primordial Power in his Qi Sea was incredibly thin and diffuse, like a gas filling the space.
But with each breakthrough and every subsequent round of compression and refinent, his Primordial Power had grown progressively purer and more condensed.
If this mist-like Primordial Power were compressed and refined one more ti, it would beco true Primordial Liquid. The mont the first drop of Primordial Liquid ford, Chu Qingyun would have taken an extrely important step on the Martial Dao, becoming a Half-Step Martial Spirit!
However, this step was exceptionally difficult. Even soone like Chu Qingyun wouldn't dare claim he was one hundred percent confident of success.
After all, not even one in a hundred Level Nine Martial Artists could necessarily break through to beco a Half-Step Martial Spirit.
To truly take this step required more than just talent, strength, and cultivation resources—luck and opportunity were also indispensable.
The fact that Chu Qingyun had found a mission that rewarded a Nascent Condensation Pill upon completion was, for him, an absolute godsend of an opportunity.
Therefore, just like the other mbers of the elite squad, Chu Qingyun was determined to see this mission through to completion, no matter what!
The four previously selected mbers of his team had gone out on a mission together to build their rapport and had not yet returned. Consequently, Chu Qingyun was instructed to remain at the Great Xia Dragon Guard encampnt and not to accept any other missions while he waited.
During these past few days, Chu Qingyun had paid Ye Qi a visit.
Since he had nearly beaten Ye Junhao to death, he didn't go to the Ye Family estate. Instead, he sent a ssage, and the two t up at their usual spot, Songhe Tower.
He learned from Ye Qi that because of his severe injuries, Ye Junhao was no longer able to harass her. As a result, Ye Qi was enjoying a rare few days of peace and quiet.
As for Ye Qingfeng's cold poison, there was no change. After so many days, he had grown considerably weaker.
Chu Qingyun fell silent at this news.
After so thought, he decided against telling Ye Qi that the Qin Family of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower had an Alchemist, or that he knew Qin Ya.
He planned to wait until his business with the elite squad was over and he had more ti. Then, he would take Ye Qi to the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower to try their luck and see if they could persuade the Alchemist to help.
If he told her now, the long wait would only cause her hopes to grow. If it didn't work out in the end... the blow would be far too devastating.
It was better to take her there directly when the ti ca. That way, they would get an imdiate answer, one way or another.
Over the past few days, the entire Celestial Wind Army was acting as if they were on steroids. They watched the mbers of the Four Great Clans like hawks. Anyone caught breaking the law, no matter how major or minor the offense, was given a thorough beating and thrown in jail.
In addition, the Great Xia Dragon Guards even dredged up all sorts of old, forgotten grievances to cause trouble for them.
The Jin Family received the worst of this "special attention." After all, who was it but their own Jintai who had acted so arrogantly and attacked so many Great Xia Dragon Guard captains?
As a result, panic spread throughout the Four Great Clans. Many mbers didn't even dare to step outside, choosing instead to hide in their hos for safety.
However, there was one exception.
Ye Can, who had been thrown into the Great Xia Dragon Guard's jail thanks to Chu Qingyun's sches, was finding the whole situation rather surprising, and even a little amusing. Every day, he got to see more and more familiar faces getting tossed in with him...
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