c. chi(尺) = 30.7 cm
Footnotes
^ 1. Liang Bao(凉薄) means cold-blooded treatment.^ 2. Han Yi (寒衣),Han （寒） means cold or poor. Yi(衣) means shirt or a covering.^ 3. Disk formation is a device used to establish the grand formation. (Click here for picture)Currently, he was determined to form the Core and his objective was to break through Peak Spirit Severing Realm as soon as possible. One and a half years? No! I don’t want to waste any more time here.
The only way was to join the War Division.
The War Division’s mission was to exterminate demons. The battle points were rewarded based on the number of demons exterminated. A Vein Opening Realm demon was equivalent to one battle point. A Harmonious Spirit Realm demon was equal to one hundred battle points. The battle points awarded for a Gold Core Realm demon was twenty times of a Harmonious Spirit Realm demon (two thousand battle points) while killing a Nascent Soul Realm would earn one hundred thousand points!
I just need to eliminate a single Nascent Soul Realm demon to get enough points!
For a worst-case scenario, I could still eliminate one hundred Harmonious Spirit Realm demons with my Sword Sense. That would be ten thousand battle points. It wouldn’t take too long to accumulate one hundred thousand points. Perhaps, I could even lend Jing Zhuo and Suqiu a helping hand.
Jing Zhuo and Yin Suqiu actually had the strength comparable to an old ancestor. Originally, they intended to join the War Division but they changed their minds after listening to Ning Fan’s advice.
Ning Fan was ready to get himself involved in the war. However, he didn’t want the both of them to risk their lives. Spirit Severing Demon General… There’s a lot of danger in the War Division.
Aside from that, Ning Fan had a premonition that the demons were actually trying to stall for time. They seemed to be waiting for something. Once the ‘thing’ is completed, it would dangerous even for a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator to infiltrate rashly into the demons’ base.
Ning Fan was an exception as he possessed a number of trump cards which included two attacks with the strength at Spirit Severing Realm. He might not be able to win against all the cultivators below Spirit Severing Realm, but he was confident that he could escape from every one of them!
“Wang Yang, Early Gold Core Realm, assigned to Defense Division, guarding a low-rank city, Yi City…”
“Qin Wu, Late Gold Core Realm, assigned to War Division. Hmm. Your spirit is commendable…”
“Jing Zhuo, Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm. Unexpectedly, you wish to join the Defense Division, assigned to guard a middle-rank city, ‘[1]’.
“Yin Suqiu, Peak Gold Core Realm, chose to join the Defense Division, wanting to guard the same city as Jing Zhuo. It’s such a waste for you not to join the War Division with your current cultivation realm.”
“Shao Ze…”
“Wen Zhu Zi…”
After all of them were assigned to their respective divisions, they returned to the inn for preparations as they would be heading to their assigned stations in a short while.
As a matter of fact, it was Ning Fan’s intention to have Jing Zhuo and Yin Suqiu guard a middle-rank cultivation city.
Jing Zhuo was glad that he didn’t need to risk his life. On the other hand, Yin Suqiu had a different perspective from him. Since Ning Fan prevented me to join War Division, then I’ll just follow his advice to join the Defense Division. But how could I just guard a middle-rank city?! The country is in need of my help…
She didn’t want to disregard his advice. As such, she discontentedly selected the most dangerous city among the middle-rank cities, ‘Ju Shan Guan’.
After all, she wasn’t willing to just wait for the demon tide to subside by itself without contributing anything.
When all the other cultivators had already left, Jie Xiu was yet to give Ning Fan the opportunity to select one of the divisions.
There were only the two of them left in the palace as silence fell upon the room.
A slight crease formed on his eyebrows as he took the initiative to speak.
“Fellow Daoist Jie, I wish to join the War Division. Hopefully you can give me some guidance…”
“Hehe, don’t worry. Let’s be patient and wait a little while longer…”
“Who are we waiting for?” Ning Fan raised his eyebrows and his eyes shone with alertness. It’s just an ordinary division selection. What exactly is he waiting for? Is it because he couldn’t make his own decision, or is he scheming something else?!
Humans are unpredictable. Therefore, one has to always stay alert. Since I possessed the demon general’s strikes, I am not afraid of any tricks that he is going to pull.
Both of them closed their eyes and waited patiently.
At that moment, Ning Fan’s mind became very sensitive like that of a fine string. If Jie Xiu displayed any abnormal behavior, he would immediately make him regret it.
After a few hours, Ning Fan’s eyes popped open widely while Jie Xiu slowly opened his eyes.
“ *cough* Fellow Daoist Zhou, thank you for your patience. He has already arrived..”
“Who?!”
All of a sudden, an intense feeling of danger could be felt all over his body.
A middle-aged man in dark dragon robe emerged in front of Jie Xiu.
He had a short moustache and a pair of eyes which were as sharp as an eagle’s. Might and power radiated from him even though he wasn’t enraged.
What shocked Ning Fan was that his spirit sense wasn’t aware of his appearance. The reason he opened his eyes was because of the danger he felt.
The aura he emanated was so imposing like that of a rainbow. Whenever someone meets his gaze, they would feel that his eyes were emitting a golden light. Suddenly, a flash of golden light went into his body, disrupting his mental state. He then felt pain from his mind. Subconsciously, he intended to step backwards to avoid the light. However, he gritted his teeth and stubbornly stayed on his original position.
I can’t back off! If I do so, it means I submit myself to him! Then the light will grow stronger, killing me from inside out!
“Crush!”
He used his Sword Sense to destroy the golden light within his body!
The rhythm of his breathing was disrupted. His eyes turned gloomy as he gave Jie Xiu and the black-robed man a cold stare.
“Are you the King of Great Jin?!”
“Indeed! I was patrolling in the south which was not far away from here. It was then that I heard that there was a fellow Daoist at Nascent Soul Realm wanting to join my army. So I intentionally came to meet him.. Those Gold Core Realm cultivators are only ants in my eyes. I thought you are the one whom I can have high expectations on in the south of Great Jin. Unexpectedly, it’s so disappointing as you are just a Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator who pretended to be a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and plundered Wei Country! I can see through your façade in my eyes! Hmmph, Jie Xiu! Your mistake will be noted as you have failed to distinguish a Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator from a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!”
The superiority of a king could be felt from just his words. Also, his Late Nascent Soul Realm strength caused the entire palace to tremble. Absolute fear was reflected from Jie Xiu’s expression.
King of Great Jin!
He was stupefied as he originally requested for the king’s arrival to find out about Ning Fan’s background by claiming that Ning Fan was a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator who intended to join the army. He needed the king to rope him in as he felt that Ning Fan’s mind wasn’t pure.
Because of that, the king specially travelled to Quwo City.
However, Jie Xiu had never thought that the fearsome Ning Fan was just a Harmonious Spirit Realm junior! Is it true that he plundered Wei Country? Is he truly capable of having Nascent Soul Realm spirit sense?! It couldn’t be. But the king wouldn’t be wrong about him as His Majesty possesses the ‘Golden Eye Technique’. There’s no way he could be wrong!