Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 1370 - 227: Second Grade Grandmaster, Jiang Ning!
Su Qingying immediately nodded, stopped, and watched Jiang Ning and his companion leave.
Then, led by Jiang Ning,
they easily passed through the bamboo forest and the mist-shrouded ancient woods, arriving at the spacious front courtyard.
"Brother Jiang, what exactly is your relationship with that State Preceptor?" Ji Minghao suddenly asked.
"We’re friends!" Jiang Ning replied.
"Just ordinary friends?" Ji Minghao inquired further.
Jiang Ning chuckled, "A bit closer than ordinary friends, I suppose, after all, I’ve been staying at the National Master Mansion for quite a few days now!"
Ji Minghao nodded, refraining from asking more.
The two then crossed the spacious courtyard, arriving at the entrance of the National Master Mansion.
"Brother Jiang, you can leave me here!" Ji Minghao stood below the steps, cupping his hands toward Jiang Ning.
"Alright then, I won’t see you any further!" Jiang Ning cupped his hands back.
"Tonight at 7 p.m., I’ll await you at Linyuan Pavilion!" Ji Minghao said.
"Okay! I’ll definitely be there on time!" Jiang Ning replied promptly.
Then, after seeing Ji Minghao off in the distance, Jiang Ning returned to the National Master Mansion, closing its door behind him.
Regarding the National Master Mansion, it rarely received visitors throughout the years.
With only two maids in the mansion, its door was usually kept closed.
...
Upon returning to the bamboo grove,
he saw Su Qingying standing prettily at the same spot as before, motionless.
"What’s the matter with you?" Seeing Su Qingying standing still, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but smile.
"Just now, the master instructed me to wait here for his return, so Qingying has been waiting here all along!" Su Qingying responded.
Hearing this, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but rub his forehead.
He walked over, pressing the palm of his hand against Su Qingying’s forehead.
Seeing her somewhat bewildered expression, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but smile wryly.
"No need to stand here, go back to your activities!" he said.
"Yes, master!" Su Qingying nodded blankly, "I’ll go change my clothes!"
With that said, she walked toward the bamboo house.
"Change into what clothes?" Jiang Ning asked.
"Change into that set of clothes I was just wearing, they’re very comfortable." Su Qingying replied.
Jiang Ning: "..."
He wanted to say, don’t you feel those clothes are quite revealing?
But when he thought about Su Qingying’s figure, the words stuck in his throat and he swallowed them back.
Without much to reveal, there’s nothing to expose anyway.
After a moment of thought, he turned around and left.
Tonight at the Linyuan Small Gathering, he definitely wanted to take a look.
Not to see the so-called peerless talents, but for the Spiritual Wine, Spirit Fruit, and Demon Beast meat that Ji Minghao had just mentioned.
The Linyuan Small Gathering was initiated by the numerous Princes at its core.
With the status and position of these Princes, they invited the young generation’s top prodigies, the geniuses amongst geniuses.
He believed that the Spiritual Wine, Spirit Fruit, and Demon Beast meat at the banquet would undoubtedly be extraordinary.
For someone like him, who was currently in need of Source Energy Points, this was an excellent opportunity to acquire them.
With these thoughts swirling, he crossed several courtyards to reach his own pavilion.
In the courtyard, a few patches of Qingzhu were sparsely planted.
As a breeze blew by, the bamboo leaves rustled instantly.
"It’s time to break through to the Third Grade and become a Great Grandmaster!" A thought flashed in Jiang Ning’s mind.
He couldn’t help but clench his fist and quicken his pace.
...
Inner Realm.
Once again returning to the Inner Realm.
After just having rested, he had now fully recovered and was no longer fatigued.
Quickly, he entered the state.
Day and night rapidly alternated around him, the seasons cycled, and stars began to vanish and reappear.
In the alternating images, it seemed to harbor great fear, great destruction, great crisis...
Everything would lead to annihilation in these evolutions, only he, emitting a hazy white light, appeared eternally consistent.
[Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method Experience Value +13]
[Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method Experience Value +13]
[Visualization Experience Value +1]
[...]
The presence of time was not strong in the Inner Realm.
Sensory-wise, it was only after a long time that Jiang Ning felt the Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method progress another step forward.
As time passed, the accumulation grew deeper and deeper.
Without knowing how much time had passed.
[Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method Experience Value +13]
When the prompt flashed once more.
Rumble——
At this moment, he heard a roar from his Spirit Platform, instantly dropping out of the Inner Realm.
When his consciousness returned,
he saw the infinite white light filled his Spirit Platform.
Darkness was dispelled, and the void world was filled with white light.
The Golden Body Divine Soul radiated dazzling white light.
The blinding white light seemed to illuminate all emptiness.
He felt the True Spirit Mark embedded in his Divine Soul’s brow fully merged with his Divine Soul.
This was unification!
This was the True Self!
After more time passed.
Boom——
White light erupted from his Divine Soul, surged dynamically, and fluctuated continuously.
The next moment.
Outside.
Boom——
The void above Jiang Ning’s head trembled, rippling with waves.
A few breaths later.
Dazzling white light burst from his head, reaching into the sky.
At this moment,
all eyes on Great Xia’s four main streets, in various mansions and structures, directed towards the sky above the Royal Capital.
"The Light of Spirit!!"
Those with some knowledge, upon seeing the light reaching into the sky, instantly recognized that someone had stepped into the ranks of Second Grade Grandmaster.
"From the direction of the National Master Mansion!"
"Great Xia just gained another Second Grade Grandmaster!"
"Another Marquis will soon be named!"
"Second Grade Grandmaster, wonder who took this step!"
"...."
Seeing that light, countless experts had thoughts flashing through their minds.
A Second Grade Grandmaster, no one dared underestimate.
Even in the Royal Capital, they held significant weight.
...
On another side.
In the National Master Mansion.
Su Qingying gazed at the Spiritual Light erupting in Jiang Ning’s direction.
"Truly incredible, as expected of the Divine Venerable!" she exclaimed in admiration, and with a thought.
Instantly, endless mist surged from the forest, swirling above the National Master Mansion.
In a flash, the erupting Spiritual Light was obscured by the white mist.
Some time later.
Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes, what greeted his view was the white mist dispersing from above his head.
"She’s quite considerate!" Jiang Ning couldn’t help but smile.
Then he closed his eyes again.
With his Heart Spirit immersed in the Spirit Platform, he saw his own Divine Soul clearer than before, with pronounced facial contours.
He felt the True Spirit Mark completely integrated with his Divine Soul.
Subsequently, he opened his eyes again, breathing quietly.
With every breath he took, he could feel countless free energies in heaven and earth being drawn into his body, absorbed by him.
When his mind settled into quiet, it seemed like he could even sense heaven and earth breathing.
The pace of one breath in, one breath out began to change, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes gentle, sometimes urgent.
And as his breathing rhythm changed, his mind and body felt clearer.
His harmony with heaven and earth became deeper.
"Second Grade Grandmaster, the rhythm of one breath in, one breath out coinciding with the cadence of heaven and earth, so it is indeed!!"
Pondering deeply for a moment, his expression was in awe.
With his current breathing, he could feel that it was no longer like that of ordinary people, merely inhaling oxygen.
It was exchanging gases with heaven and earth, making his form more integrated with heaven and earth.
For this reason, Second Grade Grandmasters could resonate mentally with heaven and earth, unleashing even more extraordinary powers.
With continuous breathing, he could sense that with each breath, it was an encounter with the breath of heaven and earth.
With repeated exchanges, his body seemed to become lighter, more fluid.
The recovery from exhaustion in this state was several times faster than before.
"No wonder! No wonder the court and Imperial Family hold Second Grade Grandmasters in such regard, willing to entice them with Marquis titles and fiefdoms."
Reflecting on his body’s various transformations, he secretly marveled.
Having just stepped into the ranks of Second Grade Grandmasters for only a short while, he felt the various mysteries of being a Second Grade Grandmaster.
The so-called half-step Second Grade Grandmaster paled in comparison to a true Second Grade Grandmaster, the gap was like a vast gulf.
Just the accelerated restorative flow of Qi alone allowed Second Grade Grandmasters to genuinely be fearless of being besieged by masses.
Moreover, the power surged from mental resonance with heaven and earth was such that one could single-handedly annihilate an entire regimented army.
