Eternal Heavenly Emperor-Chapter 297 - 287 Heavenly Spring
On the way back, Luo Ping couldn’t help but feel a sense of dread, "Chu Hao, if Han Zongxin comes looking for trouble—"
"Don’t worry!" Chu Hao waved his hand, "He’s just a Warrior; can he really force a spar with me?"
Yet Luo Ping’s worry didn’t diminish, "I heard that to break through as a Warrior, besides needing a large amount of Spiritual Medicine for power, it’s best to also visit the Heavenly Spring for enlightenment."
"Heavenly Spring?" Chu Hao was taken aback.
"Isn’t a Warrior supposed to form a Life Spring within their body?" Luo Ping said. Coming from a Sixth Rank Noble Family with a Warrior at home, he naturally knew a lot about Warriors.
"But the Life Spring is not like the Meridians; it doesn’t naturally exist within the body waiting simply to be opened. The Life Spring has to be carved out by oneself. But how to do it? The Heavenly Spring is a miraculous place, resembling a Life Spring formed by the heavens and earth. Observing it can lead to great realization and serve as a reference."
Chu Hao nodded. It was like someone who had never seen a car; regardless of how it’s described to him, could he draw it correctly? But if he could catch a glimpse, even if only of a truck, imagining the shape of a small sedan would be much easier from that point on.
The Heavenly Spring had that kind of effect.
"If you want to visit the Heavenly Spring, you will inevitably have to leave the Sect— and then Han Zongxin—" Luo Ping trailed off.
What he wanted to say was clear to Chu Hao. By then, Han Zongxin might follow him and attack on the way. The dilemma was here: if Chu Hao didn’t go to the Heavenly Spring, he would almost certainly be unable to break through as a Warrior; but if he went, he risked falling on the journey.
It was a difficult predicament.
Chu Hao smiled slightly, "No worries, if it comes down to it, I’ll ask Senior Sister Ke to escort me there."
After some thought, Luo Ping finally felt relieved, considering that Chu Hao was a disciple of Zhang Tianhua, it seemed unlikely that Han Zongxin would dare to strike rashly.
Now, Chu Hao grew curious about the Heavenly Spring and began to inquire carefully from Luo Ping.
The Heavenly Spring wasn’t in Cang State nor in Fire State, Water State, Thunder State, or any other large state; it was at the convergence of the Nine States, seemingly the source of them all. It was said to be a vast, immensely large pool—or more appropriately called a sea—but since the Heavenly Spring constantly emitted a column of water resembling the Life Spring of a martial artist, it was thus named.
It was said that the vast majority of martial artists would visit the Heavenly Spring for observation, to gain the enlightenment for breakthrough. Even a genius would benefit from a visit to save considerable time in their breakthrough.
Therefore, the Heavenly Spring was also a hallowed ground of martial arts, with Peak Martial Sect experts residing there year-round to seek their own breakthroughs.
War Generals, War Kings?
Of course, they no longer needed it. Once a Life Spring was opened, they naturally gained the experience. This first step from nothing to something was the most difficult. After becoming a Warrior, further observation at the Heavenly Spring was unlikely to yield additional enlightenment.
According to Luo Ping, all the Warrior-level powerhouses from the Yunliu Sect had visited the Heavenly Spring. The shortest stay was two years, while the longest was seventeen years.
This just showed how hard it was to advance from a Martial Sect to a Warrior.
Chu Hao wasn’t in a hurry to break through. His recent progress had been too rapid, leaving his soul far behind. He needed to catch up on that part first.
He planned to surge to the Ten Meridians, reaching the rarely seen level of Double Great Perfection within the Three Minor Realms. Perhaps then, he would be qualified to contend as a First Tier Warrior.
When he returned to Zhang Tianhua’s residence, Ke Ruoshan also emerged from the shadows.
"Senior Sister, suppress your Cultivation to First Tier Peak Warrior and fight me," Chu Hao suddenly said.
Ke Ruoshan was stunned. Why was Chu Hao making such a request out of the blue? Being a clever person, she quickly realized why after a moment’s surprise, "You plan to fight a battle with Han Zongxin?"
Chu Hao chuckled but did not deny it.
Ke Ruoshan shook her head, "It seems you still don’t realize the vast difference between a Warrior and a Martial Sect. Fine, I’ll suppress my Realm to spar with you and give you a wake-up call."
"Thank you, Senior Sister," Chu Hao sincerely replied.
Ke Ruoshan tapped a few points on her body, immediately suppressing her aura and emitting an unnatural feeling—suppressing one’s Cultivation and concealing it are completely different; just a little discernment would reveal it.
"Junior Brother, you’d better be careful," Ke Ruoshan said with a light laugh, raising her hand and striking towards Chu Hao.
Before the force of her palm even arrived, a terrifying pressure surged over, nearly halting Chu Hao’s breath in an instant.
Is this the might of a Warrior?
Chu Hao released all of his strength, including physical power, and then unleashed the Return to One from the Five Techniques Integration, facing Ke Ruoshan head-on.
Bang.
A heavy sound followed, and Chu Hao was immediately sent flying back like an egg smashing against a rock. The gap was not small. Thankfully, Ke Ruoshan pulled her punch as it connected with Chu Hao’s body, so the strike only pushed him back rather than causing much harm.
Even so, Chu Hao ended up with disheveled hair and torn clothes, looking quite worse for wear.
"Eh, Junior Brother, your strength is truly formidable!" Ke Ruoshan expressed her astonishment, "An average Nine Meridians practitioner has at most one-fifth of your power!"
Naturally, Chu Hao had broken through as a Ten Meridians martial master, which gave him three times the strength of other Nine Meridians practitioners. Moreover, he was also a practitioner of Body Cultivation; his physical strength was nearly at the same level as his Star Force. Together, this amounted to six times the power.
However, Chu Hao showed no sign of joy. The opponent’s strength was overwhelming, a crushing superiority in terms of quality.
"Senior Sister, why is the power of a Warrior so immense?" he couldn’t help asking.
Ke Ruoshan snorted and said, "What do you think makes it so difficult for a Warrior to break through? Once a Warrior opens up the Life Spring, they must convert the gaseous Star Force into a liquid state. Just imagine, how many times more concentrated is the Star Force when it’s compacted, could it not be strong?"
Chu Hao nodded, being a person from modern Earth with knowledge in physics and chemistry, he understood how much the mass of the same volume of a substance differed between its gaseous and liquid states.
"A hundred times?" he ventured a guess.
"If you’ve just broken through to a Warrior and converted all your Star Force into liquid, then it’s about a ten times increase in strength," said Ke Ruoshan, then paused, "However, that’s only at the initial stage of being a Warrior. As the Life Spring continues to expand, when it reaches the limit of the First Tier, that gap in strength will increase by another ten times."
"So, was Senior Sister at about the mid or late period of the First Tier just now?" Chu Hao inquired.
"About the late period, I guess."
Chu Hao nodded in understanding. A First Tier Peak Warrior possessed a hundred times more strength than a Peak Martial Sect. And this was just the discrepancy in raw power, not to mention the qualitative changes a Warrior must have in other aspects.
However, this hundredfold difference was relative only to him.
A normal martial artist breaking through from an Eight Meridians martial master to a Martial Sect, and then from an Eight Meridians Martial Sect to a Warrior, would have a power increase of a hundred times based on the Sixteen Meridians. What about Chu Hao?
He broke through as a Ten Meridians martial master, and now he was a Nine Meridians Martial Sect, which meant he already had twenty-seven times the power of a normal Eight Meridians Martial Sect!
If he reached the Ten Meridians Martial Sect realm, then that difference in power would expand to eighty-one times. Compared to a hundredfold increase, that’s barely a 20% difference in strength, enough to compete with a common First Tier Warrior.
But could Han Zongxin possibly be just an ordinary Warrior?
Chu Hao had no doubt that the other was a Warrior who had double-limits breakthroughs from both Nine Meridians, meaning Han Zongxin’s strength would exceed that of an ordinary Warrior by ten times.
Thus, even if Chu Hao reached the Ten Meridians Martial Sect realm, he would still be more than ten times weaker than his opponent.
This was a complete and utter suppression.
Unless—
A glint of brilliance flashed in Chu Hao’s eyes; unless the Double Great Perfection could also bring him a qualitative change.
This would only be known once he had broken through to the Ten Meridians Martial Sect.
"Han Zongxin is a Warrior, and he surely won’t stoop so low as to directly cause you trouble. As you are virtually invincible within the Martial Sect Realm, there’s no need to fear him in the short term," Ke Ruoshan pondered aloud, her brow furrowing slightly, "But given his personality, one to bear grudges, having been humiliated by you, he won’t let the matter rest. He’s likely to take action in the shadows."
"If you want to break through to Warrior, you have to go to the Heavenly Spring, which would be a good opportunity for Han Zongxin."
Her thoughts aligned with Luo Ping’s—they both believed Han Zongxin wouldn’t trouble Chu Hao within the Sect but would choose to take action on Chu Hao’s way to the Heavenly Spring. After all, many people already knew Chu Hao was at Nine Meridians, and even if he could progress further, his breakthrough to Warrior wouldn’t be far off.
Choosing whether to go to the Heavenly Spring for enlightenment could mean a difference of one or two years in breaking through to Warrior. For top talents, especially those of Chu Hao’s age, that’s an unacceptable delay.
...
Outside the courtyard of Tu Honglie, there were five small wooden houses where his five Direct Disciples resided. However, these five disciples were already at the Warrior cultivation level and seldom stayed there, only returning when they encountered issues in their cultivation to seek Tu Honglie’s advice and would stay for a few days.
Normally, they each had their own residences—having reached Warrior status on the Sky Martial Star, one was considered a fairly significant expert and would obviously not dwell in such commonplace quarters.
By coincidence, Han Zongxin was staying there today after seeking advice from Tu Honglie on opening a second Life Spring.
"Brother, you must avenge me!" Han Tao said with a mix of snot and tears to Han Zongxin, his complexion still terrible, his eyes filled with venomous light.
Han Zongxin frowned and asked, "Are you saying that the kid is a Direct Disciple of Deacon Zhang?"
"Yes, I’ve made sure of it. Moreover, yesterday that kid also beat up Feng Haizhong, a Follower of Yue Feng. He’s so arrogant, it’s outrageous," Han Tao quickly replied.
"This could be somewhat troublesome!" Han Zongxin couldn’t help frowning. If Chu Hao were just an ordinary disciple, Han Zongxin could have used his status as a True Disciple and a Warrior to pressure him into submission.
The problem was that Chu Hao was a disciple of Zhang Tianhua, and he had also defeated Feng Haizhong.
Out of respect for his position, Han Zongxin couldn’t make a move himself. Yet, if he were to have another Martial Sect take action... how many could be more formidable than Feng Haizhong?
"Brother, I do have an idea," Han Tao said sinisterly. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
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