Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 425 - 410: Gourd

"Zhou Leng? I heard you mention him before. Does he have any ties to the Martial Saint? There are some Human Martial Saints whom I don’t wish to provoke. Once the Ten Realms connect, I don’t want trouble from a Martial Saint."

"Probably not. Besides, he’s been recognized by the Frosty Hand, which makes him a good ally."

"How does the Frosty Hand regard him?"

The Jade Wings hesitated for a moment, then said, "The Frosty Hand trusts him greatly, saying he’s the key to finding the God of Ice and Snow."

"Oh? Tell me from the beginning."

Jade Wings narrated the entire acquaintance process.

"Can he enter the Armor King’s Tomb?"

"Yes, he can."

"I must secure this partnership! I’ve long wanted to take the Armor King’s treasures. If he can assist, that would be ideal."

Jade Wings said, "However... he holds quite a high status, and if you kill him after using him, it might be troublesome."

"Do you think I’m the kind of dragon that kills indiscriminately? At least wait until we’ve emptied the Armor King’s Tomb before considering such actions. You go find him, and before the Great Battlefield begins, I’ll offer him some benefits, give him some maps, and we will split what’s inside evenly."

Jade Wings hesitated, "He might not agree, and besides, he always expects a lot from dragons. Last time, he even wanted me to help him fight in Broken Candle City, wishful thinking." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Red Eyes thought for a moment and asked, "Is his relationship with the giants very good?"

"Quite good. I’ve even heard he’s already the Frost Giant Duke, and Mountain River Celestial Peak has killed a lot of Grandmasters for him."

Red Eyes frowned, "That little rascal Mountain River Celestial Peak is full of schemes. As long as it’s not involving the damn Golden Celestial River, it doesn’t matter... Do you have no other candidate?"

"Truly none. Those worse than him aren’t as formidable, and those more formidable aren’t as devious. Humans generally aren’t keen on cooperating with dragons. It’s only because everyone’s fond of me that he considers me a friend, and even rented that shabby Martial Shadow Wall for a billion."

Red Eyes cast a sidelong glance at the naive dragon and said, "How about this: Tell him I know a few places in the Great Battlefield where Dragon Scale Vermilion Fruits are found. If he’s willing to help, I’ll share them with him indiscriminately. Additionally, my treasure vault has some martial artist-related starry sky... treasures, and he can choose one when we’re done."

"Ah? Are you really willing to part with them?" Jade Wings’ eyes widened in shock.

Red Eyes, the Dragon Race’s most miserly, particularly enjoyed doing three things.

Sending subordinates to collect treasures for her.

Counting her treasures joyfully every day.

Disguising as other dragons to acquire treasures, then killing the seller to keep both the items and the money.

Known as the Black Widow of the Dragon Race, her infamy wasn’t fiercer than the Blood of Tyranny, but her reputation was far worse.

Red Eyes sneered, "My target is the Armor King’s Tomb. Once I get the treasures inside, whatever he consumes, he’ll vomit up."

"Aren’t you worried about the Ice Snow Divine Sect and the Human Martial Saints causing you trouble?"

"I will soon ascend to Demigod level, and with the Armor King’s treasure, why should I fear them? It’s ludicrous." Red Eyes stared fiercely.

Jade Wings sighed internally, no wonder she’s one of the Four Evils of the Ten Realms. My life is over; if she didn’t still treat me somewhat like a dragon, I would’ve run long ago.

"Go contact him."

"Understood."

Jade Wings mentally mourned for Zhou Leng, apologizing to an old friend and thinking about a decent burial, planting stinking chrysanthemums on his grave.

Jade Wings always found stinking chrysanthemums to be the most beautiful flowers, so foul that even insects wouldn’t approach, perfect for disguising cave entrances.

In his Magic Spirit Bag, he always carried magically catalyzed fast-growing stinking chrysanthemums.

Tree-man Base.

Zhou Leng trained continuously for several days, solidifying his Blood Shock Realm.

Under normal Blood Shock Period, one can only consume one of each Shock Blood Three Pills a day, but his body is astonishingly strong now, consuming five to six sets a day with no effect.

Benefiting from Tree-man inheritance, his bodily control has reached an extraordinarily high level.

The cultivation technique improvements are limited, but his skill application has far surpassed his current realm, directly approaching Grandmaster.

In just a few days, the Celestial Tide Palm reached Divine Communication level, although partly credited to years of cultivating palm techniques; the Tree-man inheritance played a bigger role.

The inheritance from a high-level civilization is overwhelmingly powerful.

As for enhancing finger technique, it hasn’t been so swift, only reaching Minor Achievement, which is still half a year ahead of the previous estimate.

Currently, Zhou Leng is learning the Ancient River Sect’s Innate Lightweight Skill and Innate Stepping Technique, both of which are parts of the sect’s supreme martial arts.

He learned the stepping technique "Starlit Step," refining both their stepping technique and body technique, stepping on the stars with a flash-like movement, full of wonders.

He learned the lightweight skill "Heavenly Dragon Flash," which incorporates both lifting and speeding; at a Grandmaster realm, it allows extensive aerial movement, extremely advanced. At its depth, it’s almost akin to teleportation.

As for the fist technique, he plans to focus on grasping the Void-Breaking Finger thoroughly first.

After reaching Grandmaster, he’ll learn the first human Fist Technique, created by Martial Saint Zhao Dongjun, "East Wind Fist."

Learning "Great Day Divine Technique" and "East Wind Fist" is a shared dream among Blue Star children.

Back then, when the Demon Worship Sect summoned meteor groups to destroy Earth, Zhao Dongjun flew out and shattered the meteor group with the East Wind Fist, transforming it into meteor showers scattered across the sky.

The name "East Wind Night Releasing a Thousand Blossoms" spread from that moment.

Since then, the East Wind Fist became Blue Star’s first fist technique.

During those days, Silver Lake Moon accompanied Zhou Leng in training, occasionally attending meetings with the elves.

Post-training, Zhou Leng, along with Silver Lake Moon, sought out Silver Lake Wind and four other elf Grandmasters to discuss the elves’ future.

Recently, the elves from the Tree-Man World have gradually arrived, increasing their total number to two thousand.

With two days of repeated discussions, they made a final decision.

One group would follow Zhou Leng to the Fierce Beast World.

Another group would seek refuge in the Dragon Country.

The last part was Zhou Leng introducing her to join the Ice Snow Divine Sect.

Once everything was ready, the elves purchased a large amount of supplies at the Tree-man Base and headed to Shuizhou Demon City of the Human Race.

Two thousand elves set out in grand style, their journey proceeding without any issues.

Upon arriving at the Red Spot Forest, the internet connection was established, and a flood of information poured in.

Zhou Leng ran while reading messages from Xu Qingjin.

She occasionally sent some photos, sometimes of flowers and grass, sometimes of the beautiful sky, sometimes of places they often visited on campus.

"Do you remember this bench? We watched the monkey talk show here together, and you laughed so happily back then."

"The entrance of the cafeteria has been newly renovated."

"Today’s wind is a bit like the day you went to Shuizhou Demon City."

"The food in the cafeteria doesn’t taste good when you’re not here."

"I went to the amusement park with my classmates."

The photo shows a group of happy female classmates.

"The weather’s getting hotter. How’s it going in the Tree-man World?"

"I’ve switched to the Divine Text major. The new classmates are all amazing. I have to work hard too."

"Why haven’t you replied yet? I miss you."

...

Zhou Leng smiled as he read them one by one.

Beside him, Silver Lake Moon occasionally glanced at Zhou Leng, having never seen such a gentle smile on his face before.

After reading, Zhou Leng didn’t reply.

Because he had to go to the Fierce Beast World immediately.

He finished Xu Qingjin’s messages and continued reading in order.

Wang Boxiong inquired about how things were going and whether Zhou Leng had suffered any losses. He advised being cautious of the Tree-men, as they are conservative and stubborn, refusing to change. Also, he warned to be wary of Chen Fenghu to avoid being misled by him. He mentioned there were various parcels in the office to be collected.

Xue Chengsong reported that the mining operations were running smoothly and another batch of High-Energy Shells had been collected.

Li Linhan suggested having a meal together whenever they had time, as it had been a while since they last met.

Elder Song said he had entered a mysterious treasure land in Demon Purgatory and made significant progress. He was advancing rapidly and starting to challenge the Grandmaster Realm. Along with this, he obtained several starry sky godly medicines, consumed some, kept some, and sent one to the Martial Arts Hall, asking Wang Boxiong to pass it on.

Zhou Leng took a careful look; the godly medicine video was also attached. This type of godly medicine was discovered for the first time and was named "Red Pearl Gourd" by Elder Song.

The godly medicine resembled a silver-skinned gourd, with a shimmering and radiant surface. Through its semi-transparent exterior, a red pearl could be seen rising and falling within.

The only pity was that these starry sky godly medicines were not fully mature, resulting in limited medicinal effects.

Elder Song suggested Zhou Leng keep it for now and consume it when he reaches the Grandmaster level.

Zhou Leng watched it for quite some time.

Perhaps due to the growth environment and lack of maturity, the medicinal effect wasn’t particularly strong.

However, even if this starry sky godly medicine were lacking, if auctioned off, could fetch two to three billion, and the Ten Realms big shots would go crazy for it.

"To think he’s starting to challenge the Grandmaster Realm. Elder Song’s fortunate encounters might be even more extraordinary than mine."

Zhou Leng watched it for a long time, having never heard of such a godly medicine before, the red pearl rising and falling within was quite stress-relieving to watch.

Next came a video from Liang Baiyin, who successfully got into Yunhua Martial Arts Academy and had joined their summer training camp.

She sent some selfies and videos, all in camouflage attire, looking fresh-faced and spirited.

Zhou Leng noted the time; it had been over a year since graduating high school.

He continued to check other people’s messages, finding that Zhang Xinglie entered the Beastman World and encountered an ancient beastman legacy.

He competed with a group of beastmen for the legacy, battling fiercely, and ultimately topped the rankings.

The beastmen grudgingly acknowledged him as the ’Beast God Messenger’.

In the Beast God legacy, he obtained three "Beast God Relics", consuming one himself, saving another for future use, and had sent the last one to Ruda Martial Arts Academy for Wang Boxiong to pass on.

Zhang Xinglie also recorded a video.

Unlike Elder Song’s silent and soundless video, Zhang Xinglie boisterously filmed a tour using his Demonized Watch.

On the table were two bright white spheres, thumb-sized, gleaming like pearls with internal electricity.

A blood-colored silk thread flowed over the spheres.

"I ate one, and the medicinal effect was incredibly potent. I was almost overwhelmed by it, exhausting the Beast God’s protection I fought so hard to get. Don’t eat it randomly. It’s best to consume it when you reach the Grandmaster stage."

"Also gathered a bunch of miscellaneous things, the Beastmen have plenty of good stuff, I even suspect they genuinely have a Starry Sky Divine Spirit legacy."

"The beastmen forced me to breed, promising many benefits. Should I just close my eyes, turn off the lights, and go for it?"

"Don’t tell my girlfriend about this; she mustn’t know."

"By the way, I really have to thank your Mountain Slaying Battle Body, without which I couldn’t have dealt with these beastmen brutes. They’re real beasts, extremely strong."

"The Mountain Slaying Battle Body is very powerful. I suspect the reason I gained the Beast God’s recognition relied on this battle body."

"No surprise, the creator of the Mountain Slaying Battle Body must be an extraordinary figure among the stars."

"Didn’t expect the Great Battlefield to produce such a powerful cultivation technique. I’ll definitely explore it if I get the chance."

Through the mirror, Zhou Leng saw Zhang Xinglie clad in beastman attire, full of wildness, with intricate blood patterns appearing on his body, his personality clearly more flamboyant than usual, evidently influenced by the beastman culture and even its power.