Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 138 - Joining the Martial Courtyard

Chapter 138 -138 Joining the Martial Courtyard

Initially, when Liu Shixuan remotely controlled three Ice Arrows to attack, Shi Hao was quite envious. Such attacks were truly unexpected and hard to guard against.

Now he could do it too.

Even better, he would do it even better.

Liu Shixuan could only form a net with his soul, then launch an attack, but what about him?

He could completely have a Soul Seed Puppet ambush behind the opponent and, when the opponent retreated, suddenly unleash an Elemental Attack, causing the opponent to run into it themselves.

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Used to ambush others, its power was indescribable.

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The extreme distance was… ten yards, the same as the furthest reach of his soul projection.

Well, the Soul Seed Puppet was the soul, wasn’t it?

Then, what if he did it like Liu Shixuan?

Shi Hao took a step forward and, boom, within a three-yard radius centered on him, flames ignited. With a thought, the flames immediately disappeared, and a swath of Ice Arrows rained down from the sky, covering the same three-yard radius, numbering in the hundreds.

Liu Shixuan?

How could he compare!

Shi Hao was somewhat excited; with such abilities, even Yuan Chengmie didn’t possess them—at least, not with the same realm, he completely outdid Yuan Chengmie.

“Again, Dark Force.”

Boom, he threw a punch into the void. Invisible punch force surged out, breaking a large tree eight yards away.

Another punch, this time nine yards away, the tree fell. Then the third punch, the fourth punch, ten yards, twenty yards, twenty-five yards, all with undiminished power, until he hit the thirty-yard mark, where the punch force rapidly weakened. Although it still hit the tree, it just made a soft ‘putt’ sound and shook off a few leaves.

Thirty yards was the limit, the same distance as his soul’s external reach.

Shi Hao nodded, now fully understanding his own strength.

“My overt combat power should be the fifth step.”

“But, adding the Soul Seed Puppet and Dark Force, it’s not just the sixth step that might be defeated by me, even the seventh step is a possibility.”

Defeat the seventh step from the first?

Such an idea seemed as fanciful as fairy tales, and even a genius like Liu Shixuan wouldn’t dare to contemplate it, but for Shi Hao, it was a very likely fact.

“I can’t be complacent. Above the seventh step, there are the eighth and ninth steps, and beyond Soul Nurturing, there is the Other Shore!”

“Chu Xiaotian and the others have insatiable desires; they will never let me grow at will, and the Kuangsha Sect is no better; without an opportunity, they will create one to kill me.”

“Therefore, I must become stronger as quickly as possible!”

“After stepping into Soul Nurturing, if I want to rapidly increase my cultivation, aside from Elixirs, there are the Spirit Stones.”

“I can now directly absorb the power of the Spirit Stones with the strength of my physique.”

“The question is, how do I get my hands on Spirit Stones?”

After worrying for a bit, Shi Hao began to practice his movement technique.

Cloud Piercing Step.

This movement technique could not only release all of a Martial Artist’s strength but could also make use of Soul Force, reacting with the elements of nature to increase speed even further.

Memories of the Cloud Piercing Step rushed through his mind, and Shi Hao’s eyelids flickered slightly before he fully mastered this movement technique.

He started to move; as soon as his feet shifted, his figure accelerated remarkably fast.

——If there was another person practicing Cloud Piercing Step, even with the same strength and soul intensity as Shi Hao, his speed would certainly be faster.

Why?

Because his Soul Force could be projected externally, communicating with all elements, and the power borrowed from the elements naturally far exceeded it. How could he not be faster?

However, after a while, this movement technique seemed to merge into Shi Hao’s flesh and blood, becoming more than just a memory in his mind.

Shi Hao went to find Sun Yiming, to see if the Pill Yard Head could help him get Spirit Stones.

“Spirit Stone?” Sun Yiming seemed very surprised, “What do you need Spirit Stones for?”

They were Pill Masters, only needing to refine elixirs to attain a revered status, without any need for the violence of fighting and killing.

For that reason, Pill Masters all relied on Soul Casting Pills to advance to the Soul Nurturing realm, but it was not for strength, it was for the additional fifty years of longevity that breaking through the Soul Nurturing brought.

Since he had already reached the Soul Nurturing stage, was there still a need to cultivate?

That would just be a waste of time!

“I want to train in both elixirs and martial arts,” Shi Hao said.

Sun Yiming suddenly displayed a look of deep distress, saying, “You are a genius of the Alchemy Dao, how can you waste time and energy on the martial arts? I can assert that you will certainly become a great master of the Alchemy Dao, leaving behind an undying name for ages to come.”

Shi Hao laughed, “My level of Alchemy Dao is already high enough.”

These words were incredibly boastful, but Sun Yiming frustratingly found not a single word to refute them.

Indeed, Shi Hao’s level in the Alchemy Dao crushed him by several streets, so what right did he have to guide Shi Hao?

He thought for a while and said, “The Pill Yard can’t provide Spirit Stones, only by becoming a Martial Courtyard disciple, and moreover a core disciple, can you receive a Spirit Stone each month.”

Shi Hao nodded, “Then I’ll go become a Martial Courtyard disciple.”

Sun Yiming knew he couldn’t persuade Shi Hao and couldn’t help but sigh sorrowfully. Here was a once-in-a-lifetime genius of the Alchemy Dao, yet he insisted on dividing his attention to the martial arts, a meaningless detour, completely a tremendous loss to the Alchemy Dao.

Shi Hao went to the Martial Courtyard and applied to become a core disciple.

This was, in fact, against the rules.

Martial Courtyard disciples could indeed apply to be core-level, but the prerequisite was to be a “Martial Courtyard” disciple, not a Pill Yard apprentice.

But Shi Hao was different. In the battle at the Mang Mountain Relics, he had killed a two-step Soul Nurturing opponent with a single punch. Such combat power fully met the standard of a Martial Courtyard core disciple, justifying a special exception for him.

Soon, the Martial Courtyard approved Shi Hao’s application, even without the need to examine him.

Wasn’t killing Xiang Zhengqing proof enough?

As a core disciple of the Martial Courtyard, Shi Hao now possessed a small separate courtyard at the peak, led by an ordinary disciple, who guided him there.

“Brother Shi, this is your residence,” said the disciple respectfully, although he was clearly older than Shi Hao, he addressed him as a brother.

In the martial arts, age doesn’t matter; strength is respected.

Shi Hao nodded, yet before entering, he saw the door of a neighboring courtyard suddenly open, and a young man walked out.

Yue Junxian.

Ah, he has come.

“Shi Hao!” Yue Junxian came over and nodded to Shi Hao, “I owe you a thank you and a favor.”

What he referred to, of course, was Shi Hao saving his father.

However, since Shi Hao acted on orders, he only owed Shi Hao a favor, not a great debt of gratitude.

Shi Hao smiled and obviously didn’t take it to heart.

“How did you return so quickly?” Yue Junxian asked, “Where is Fairy Luo?”

Still can’t forget her.

Shi Hao hadn’t opened his mouth yet when he saw someone sprinting toward them from a distance.

Han Xuan.

Her face was full of murderous intent, her eyes fixed on Shi Hao as if they were sharp swords.

“You actually dare to come to the Martial Courtyard?” The woman closed in within just a few leaps, without another word, she drew her sword and thrust it towards Shi Hao.

Whoosh, Yue Junxian’s figure crossed in front, blocking Han Xuan’s thrust for Shi Hao.

Ah?