Divine King of Honour-Chapter 222: Encountering Obstacles

Xu Nian rested for two days and, after mostly recovering, hurried toward the Artifact Refining Sect.

The Artifact Refining Sect was not in East Field County but was located within West Shu County.

With Little Xu Yu’s help, what would have taken more than ten days of travel took them only three days to reach the base of the Artifact Refining Sect.

He only had three months, so he had to make use of every moment; he did not want to waste time on the road.

However, during this journey, Xu Nian’s Divine Demon Refining Body unexpectedly broke through to the Nine-star Body Sect realm.

Xu Nian found a unique aspect of the Divine Demon Refining Body—that every time he was injured,

and once recovered, his physical strength would greatly increase.

This time, his invoking of negative energy into his body pushing it into an overloaded state was the reason his Divine Demon Refining Body broke through so quickly.

However, his Spirit Cultivation remained at the Nine-Star Martial Sect Peak; it seemed he would need more time to accumulate the strength to break through to the Battle General Realm.

Of course, the breakthrough was just a matter of time, perhaps he could suddenly receive some Spirit Pill that would allow him to break through in a day.

"Halt, who goes there?" However, just as Xu Nian arrived at the foot of the Artifact Refining Sect, he was stopped by two gate-guarding disciples.

Both disciples, around twenty years old, were not highly cultivated; only at the Warrior Realm.

But both young men had faces full of pride, looking at Xu Nian with disdain.

Today, in front of Xu Nian, he could kill these Nine-star Warriors with just one hand.

But Xu Nian was not there to fight; he came to request entry into the sect, so there was no need to offend these gate-guarding disciples.

"Two senior brothers, I come from East Field County and wish to join the Artifact Refining Sect. Could you please announce my arrival?" Xu Nian said with a smile.

"Who is your senior brother? Get lost. The time for recruiting disciples this year has already passed. Come back next year," replied a young man with a black mole on his cheek coldly, then he ignored Xu Nian.

Xu Nian frowned—next year?

He could wait, but Sister Yanyun couldn’t.

So he smiled again and said, "Senior brother, I have a personal recommendation letter from the East Field County Governor. Please trouble yourself to pass it on."

Saying so, Xu Nian handed over the letter he was holding.

"Get lost, I’ll say it again, no one here is your senior brother. I don’t care whose recommendation it is—even if it’s from Emperor Tianhen, it’s useless," the young man with the black mole said bluntly as he knocked the letter from Xu Nian’s hand, looking aggressive.

The other young man, though silent, also smirked disdainfully, never taking Xu Nian seriously from beginning to end.

Xu Nian’s expression darkened instantly, and he bent down to pick up the letter from the ground.

He had heard that the disciples of the Artifact Refining Sect were extremely arrogant, but he didn’t expect that even these gatekeeper disciples would be so haughty.

He originally wanted to enter the sect peacefully, but now he was facing obstacles from merely the gate guards.

"Are you really not going to pass the message?" Xu Nian asked coldly, his eyes icy.

With Sister Yanyun’s safety at stake, he had to enter this sect today by any means necessary.

"Yo, quite the temper. What, kid, do you really think you can stand up to me?" the young man with the black mole, seeing Xu Nian daring to give him a stern look, said furiously.

The other young man also showed a hint of anger, clearly ready to stand united with his fellow disciple.

"I originally didn’t want to cause trouble; I just wanted to enter the Artifact Refining Sect quietly. Since you’re pushing me, I have no choice but to fight my way in," Xu Nian said with icy resolve, truly angered.

"Hmph, where does this wild kid come from, daring to cause trouble at our Artifact Refining Sect? Luckily I’m in a bad mood today; I’ll take it out on you," the young man with the black mole arrogantly said, and then thrust a fist toward Xu Nian’s face.

Xu Nian’s eyes sharpened, and he was ready to strike back.

Once he hit back, this young man with the black mole would surely be severely injured.

"Stop!"

However, just as Xu Nian was about to retaliate, a commanding shout came from within the sect.

Following this, a middle-aged man in a red robe walked out from the sect’s gate.

The two gate-guarding disciples became serious upon seeing the middle-aged man and respectfully said, "Elder Qi, we greet you."

Xu Nian also took a measure of this so-called Elder Qi.

He noticed that the elder’s cultivation was in the One-star Battle General Realm, and his age appeared to be around forty.

This elder looked ordinary, but his eyes were somewhat narrow and long.

"What’s the matter?" the middle-aged man, known as Elder Qi, sternly asked.

"Elder Qi, this wild kid, from who knows where, insists on joining the sect. As you know, the recruitment season has already ended. I asked him to leave, but he kept making trouble. He even claims he has a recommendation letter from the East Field County Governor. We are in West Shu County, he says he has a recommendation from the East Field County Governor, who knows if it’s true or not. Isn’t that absurd?" The young man with the mole quickly complained to the elder.

"Oh? A personal letter from the East Field County Governor?" Elder Qi turned to look at Xu Nian and then asked, "Young man, do you really have a personal letter from the East Field County Governor?"

"Replying to the elder, I do." Xu Nian respectfully said, and then directly presented his letter.

Elder Qi took the letter, glanced over it briefly, and declared, "It’s true, this indeed is a personal letter from the East Field County Governor, and it even has the Governor’s Seal, which is impossible to fake."

The two gate-guarding disciples were astonished. Was this young man actually recommended by the East Field County Governor?

Of course, they were only slightly surprised, since even if this young man were the personal son of the East Field County Governor, it wouldn’t matter to them.

But what Elder Qi said next truly shocked the two gate-guarding disciples.

"Since you are recommended by the East Field County Governor, I can make an exception and give you a chance to take the assessment. But I am curious, the East Field County Governor claims your cultivation has already reached the Nine-star Martial Sect level. Is this true?" Elder Qi asked.

The two gate-guarding disciples were stunned. Nine-star Martial Sect?

How could that be?

Wasn’t it supposed to be Nine-star Warrior? Could it be that the East Field County Governor made a mistake?

The young man in front of them looked even younger than them. How could he possibly be a martial sect expert, and a Nine-star Martial Sect at that?

"It is true!" Xu Nian declared.

He then released his aura, which indeed was that of the Nine-star Martial Sect Peak.

When writing the letter, Chen Tiansheng had asked for his opinion on whether to reveal his cultivation.

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After some thought, Xu Nian decided it might be beneficial to disclose a bit about his cultivation to attract the attention of the Artifact Refining Sect, and hence had Chen Tiansheng include his Spiritual Artifact Cultivation level, omitting the fact that he had also reached the Body Cultivation level.

Elder Qi was taken aback; such a young Nine-star Martial Sect expert was something he had never encountered before.

The two gate-guarding disciples also wore faces of shock, feeling somewhat frightened.

Had they really started a fight just now, wouldn’t they have brought disaster upon themselves?

Yet as shocked as they were, the two gate-guarding disciples felt a trace of disdain.

This was the Artifact Refining Sect, after all, where Artifact Refining skills mattered. What use was high cultivation here?

But the next sentence from Elder Qi left them utterly speechless.

"The letter also says you are a Seven-star Refining Apprentice?" Elder Qi curiously asked.

"Yes!" Xu Nian nodded.

Actually, his refining skills were already at the level of a Nine-star Refining Apprentice, but for safety’s sake, he had asked to be written as a Seven-star. He believed that with the skills of a Seven-star Refining Apprentice, joining the Artifact Refining Sect should be sufficient.

Elder Qi and the two gate-guarding disciples looked at Xu Nian nodding and all involuntarily took a sharp breath.

Seven-star Refining Apprentice, were you refining artifacts from the womb?

Normally, refining takes much longer than cultivation, as improving by one star usually requires one to two years, and even those with exceptional talent need nearly ten months to advance a star.

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How old was this young man in front of them, and he was already a Seven-star Refining Apprentice?

Seeing their expressions, Xu Nian felt a surge of speechlessness.

Had he asked Chen Tiansheng to write too high a level as Seven-star?

Would it not scare them if he had written Nine-star?