The Three Realms Thief Chapter 73

“Last night, I successfully broke through by chance,” Xu Yuan said.

Lin Weiliang suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, then said in an extremely pleasant tone, “They were even teasing me, saying I recruited an Apprentice Qi Cultivator at the second level, and wondering if Luofu now accepts anyone who comes.”

“Today you reached the fourth level of Qi Refining.”

“You’ve really saved me face!”

“Thank you, Teacher Lin, for giving me this opportunity,” Xu Yuan said sincerely.

“It’s nothing—actually, I heard someone say that you’ve been practicing a Flying Sword Technique. Is that true?” Lin Weiliang asked.

“Is Teacher specifically here to ask about this?” Xu Yuan was a bit puzzled.

“Yes, you might not know this, but Flying Sword Techniques are extremely secretive, and each move is incredibly rare, so I had to come and confirm it,” Lin Weiliang said.

“—-” Xu Yuan.

—I not only learned two Flying Sword Techniques, but also obtained a fundamental method for Sword Control Art, the “Ancient Chronicle True Text, Dual Spirit Sword Control Secret Transmission: Night Rain.”

Would it be too arrogant to confess everything?

“Don’t worry,” Lin Weiliang, thinking he was reluctant to speak, waved her hand and smiled, “I won’t ask you for specific move details, I just need to confirm if you’ve mastered a Flying Sword Technique.”

Xu Yuan thought for a moment and then simply said, “There is indeed a very basic move, and another one that’s not so basic.”

Lin Weiliang’s eyes lit up, and she said happily, “You reached the fourth level of Qi Refining in the first semester of your third year of high school, and you’ve even comprehended two Flying Sword Techniques. If I bring you to the Independent Admissions test, no one will have anything to say about me!”

“—-” Xu Yuan.

Lin Weiliang seemed to feel she had overreacted a bit, and said with a smile, “Since you’ve reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, I’ll guide you in using spiritual power with your spiritual roots.”

“Thank you, Teacher!” Xu Yuan said.

Lin Weiliang raised her hand and said, “Upon reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining, using elemental spiritual power becomes more fluid than at the third level. For example—look at my hand.”

Green spiritual light emanated from her hand.

“Elixir Flame.”

Lin Weiliang shouted.

Boom—

Dozens of meters wide flames spewed from her hand, along with a considerable amount of molten lava.

“This is way too exaggerated, Teacher Lin.”

Xu Yuan gasped.

“I have a Wood Spirit Root. Casting Elixir Flame creates an effect of ‘igniting wood with fire,’ increasing the power of the Elixir Flame by 30%,” Lin Weiliang explained.

“That much?” Xu Yuan asked in surprise.

“If you were to develop a unique skill using this elemental trait, its power would be even more terrifying.”

Seeing the longing look on Xu Yuan’s face, Lin Weiliang continued to explain, “Only a Single Spirit Root has this effect. Xu Yuan, you have Dual Spirit Roots, so each attribute can only be boosted by 15%.”

“Though the boost is smaller, you can augment both Gold and Dark attributes, which gives you more options than me.”

“Now, you try it.”

Xu Yuan silently activated his cultivation technique.

Indeed.

Golden light and dark aura appeared on his hand, overlapping and surging, looking quite wondrous.

“Gold primarily governs sharpness, hardness, and extensibility; it’s balanced in offense and defense, advantageous for weapons.”

“Dark primarily governs stealth. When using dark spirit power, you become formless. Only beings with higher cultivation than you might detect you.”

“If you can develop corresponding unique skills, it would be even more terrifying.”

“So, you’re practically a born assassin,” Lin Weiliang exclaimed.

Xu Yuan raised his hand, feeling the transformation of the two elemental spiritual powers in his hand.

He had already tried this transformation himself.

—When he released Gold spiritual power, his fingers became as hard as iron, and his fingernails as sharp as blades.

When he switched to Dark spiritual power, one hand would disappear from sight!

—But today, Lin Weiliang taught him something he didn’t know: “Balanced offense and defense, advantageous for weapons.”

Xu Yuan drew his Qiongxia Sword.

Gold Spirit poured in!

His hand trembled, releasing Gold spiritual power that coiled around the long sword.

The blade immediately shimmered with fine, scale-like golden light.

“Will it be even sharper?”

Xu Yuan wondered silently.

He saw Lin Weiliang casually pull out an iron ingot used for refining, and placed it on the sword’s edge.

—It was like cutting tofu, soundlessly and without any obstruction, it was sliced into two pieces.

The Qiongxia Sword itself had a sharpness attribute of +5. With the additional sharpness boost from the Gold Spirit, Xu Yuan even felt he could cut through any enemy’s weapon!

“You can ponder this slowly. For now, Xu Yuan—”

Lin Weiliang pointed to a small brocade flag hanging above the training ground.

Xu Yuan immediately understood.

He sheathed his sword, then patted the scabbard with his hand.

Clang!

The long sword flew out of its sheath, soaring into the air, drawing an arc that cut the rope holding the flag, then flew back and returned to its scabbard.

“Good!” Lin Weiliang applauded.

She pulled out her phone, placed one hand on her hip, and once the call connected, she spoke in a formal and serious tone, “Jiangbei City No. 5 High School, Xu Yuan, Gold Dark Dual Spirit Root, fourth level of Qi Refining, comprehended two forms of Flying Sword Technique.”

“Recommended by Lin Weiliang using her recommendation quota to participate in Independent Admissions.”

After waiting for a while, the person on the other end said a few words.

Lin Weiliang then hung up the phone.

“I’ll contact you in a day or two once everything is arranged. Any issues?” she asked Xu Yuan.

“No issues, thank you, Teacher,” Xu Yuan said cheerfully.

—Just in time, right before the Nightmare Competition.

First, follow Lin Weiliang to Luofu for the Independent Admissions test, further improve my strength, gain rich combat experience, and then face the nightmare-level competition!

“Go back to class, I’ll contact you when the time comes.”

Lin Weiliang smiled and patted his shoulder.

A spiritual light shot out from the array disk, circled Xu Yuan a few times.

Space shimmered.

He disappeared from there and reappeared directly in the classroom.

The classroom was empty at this time, with stacks of textbooks and exercise books piled on every desk.

Xu Yuan pondered for a moment, deciding to practice his elemental spiritual power.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. With his Gold-Dark Dual Spirits, he needed to use and refine them more, in order to develop more combat methods.

Practice starts now!

Xu Yuan picked up a pen and silently circulated his spiritual power, activating his Gold Spirit.

A golden light extended from the pen, like the edge of a dagger.

This was what “primarily governs extensibility” meant.

Sharpness, hardness, extensibility—

These three were the main attribute traits of the Gold Spirit.

Xu Yuan found it interesting, so he held the pen and lightly drew again.

A golden light flashed.

A line of text appeared on the wall: “Xu Yuan was here.”

So sharp!

Xu Yuan then waved the pen and erased the words.

The power of the Gold Spirit was obvious.

What about the Dark Spirit?

Xu Yuan suddenly had an idea. He stretched out a finger, released the “Night Rain” spirit-thought thread from the Sword Control Art, and infused it with Dark spiritual power.

In an instant.

The spirit-thought thread disappeared.

But this was not the end of the training.

Xu Yuan silently circulated his spiritual power, activating the Dark Spirit, and covered his entire body with it.

In a flash.

He looked towards the window.

—But his own reflection was not visible in the window!

He had become invisible!

In this way, if he used the spirit-thought thread to manipulate weapons for attack, others wouldn’t even see them!

According to Lin Weiliang.

Unless the opponent’s cultivation was higher than his own, they wouldn’t be able to see through it.

This—

It really makes one unable to help but harbor murderous intent!

If he could appear invisibly before an enemy, he might just strike!

However—

Spiritual power depletion was quite rapid.

In just a short while, Xu Yuan had consumed 20% of his spiritual power.

He withdrew all his spiritual power, popped a Spirit Replenishment Pill into his mouth, and adjusted his breath for a while.

His spiritual power slowly recovered.

Two classes felt very long.

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It would be better to find a place to engage in training matches, accumulate experience, and improve his skills and strength level.

Just then.

His phone suddenly rang.

It was A Fei.

As soon as the call connected, Zhao Afei’s voice burst out like a machine gun: “A police officer came to the gym looking for you. The teacher said you were in the classroom, so the police officer went there.”

“Police?” Xu Yuan was surprised.

“Yes, that guy looked quite formidable. Anyway, be careful,” Zhao Afei said.

Xu Yuan hung up the phone.

Could it be related to the routine check on breaking doors, and they sent someone for a follow-up visit?

He walked out of the classroom and stood in the corridor, looking towards the gymnasium.

A man in a police uniform had just left the gymnasium and was walking towards the third-year high school classroom building.

Xu Yuan looked at the man’s appearance and was genuinely stunned.

This person—

It should be that six-armed怪人 creature that hung upside down from the gymnasium ceiling!

He had merely hidden four of his six arms!

No mistake, it was him!

But the nightmare-level competition hadn’t started yet.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment and suddenly understood.

The postponed nightmare-level competition was “Road to Survival and the Resurrection Match that Must Be Played When Stuck by a Sword During Transmigration and Unable to Survive (Second Half)”!

And—

This six-armed monster would be the target for the nightmare-level competition “Funeral Elegy”!

—These are different competitions!

Was he about to enter this cage match now?

The man was extremely vigilant. As Xu Yuan watched him, he suddenly looked up and met Xu Yuan’s gaze.

He suddenly accelerated, leaping upwards directly along the wall, and in a few bounds, he reached the corridor outside the classroom.

“You’re here,” Xu Yuan said.

“You know me?” the man asked in surprise.

“I also know you’re here to kill me,” Xu Yuan said, “but you came a little too late. I’ve already secured an Independent Admissions spot at Luofu.”

“It’s just an Independent Admissions test, not actually being admitted through Independent Admissions yet,” the man said disdainfully.

“But have you ever considered one thing?” Xu Yuan asked.

“What?” the man asked, annoyed.

The other party was dominating this conversation.

But this would make the entire affair seem even more ridiculous.

—What use were these words?

In the face of absolute power, all tricks were ineffective.

This student would die soon.

“I am worthy of everything I have,” Xu Yuan said.

Yes!

The last time they met, this six-armed monster said something that caught Xu Yuan’s attention—

“——You’re just an utterly ordinary student, unworthy of everything you possess.”

Xu Yuan had been wondering what he possessed.

The Xu family was so poor, and Xu Yuan struggled daily.

You can kill me for other reasons, but don’t make it seem like I’m some big rich person.

That doesn’t make sense!