Chapter 6

In the middle of the night, the moon was cool like water, and the stars hung high in the sky.

For the entire night, Li Ke spent his time cultivating. On his body, the divine weapon qi was as sharp as swords, whistling and rushing into his body, refining his weapon soul.

A seventh-grade weapon soul, which was the lowest grade of weapon soul, was extremely slow to refine; however, when Li Ke used the风云决 (Feng Yun Jue) to refine his weapon soul, the speed was incredibly fast, far from the rumored slowness.

The milky white divine weapon qi was like surging river water, with ten thousand swords breaking through the air, engulfing Li Ke.

"Whoosh!"

True qi circulated, and Li Ke slowly stopped cultivating, gradually opening his eyes. His star-like eyes sparkled with a look of shock.

"Mid-stage of the first level of the Weapon Refinement Realm?"

This time, even Li Ke himself could hardly believe it. In just a few hours, he had actually broken through, advancing from the early stage of the first level to the mid-stage!

"Is this still a seventh-grade weapon soul?"

Li Ke was completely speechless. A seventh-grade weapon soul, the lowest grade on the Divine Weapon Continent, was so difficult to refine that it was considered the worst of the worst, the dregs of the dregs.

However, Li Ke's seventh-grade flying knife weapon soul was quite peculiar. Not only did it refine at an incredibly fast speed, but when he looked inward at his weapon soul space, he also noticed that the red marks on the flying knife weapon soul were shining brightly.

"Could the purpose of these red marks be to speed up my cultivation?" Li Ke pondered. He had once heard an old servant of the Dual Blade Sect say that the current sect master, who was once the top genius of the inner sect, possessed a fifth-grade yellow weapon soul. After his weapon soul grade was detected, it took him ten days to reach the mid-stage of the first level of the Weapon Refinement Realm.

"A fifth-grade weapon soul takes ten days, while I only took six hours. That's a twentyfold difference! Not to mention the innate advantages of the weapon soul!" Thinking about this, Li Ke's mouth opened wide enough to swallow an egg, and he was completely at a loss for words to describe his feelings.

Suppressing the deep shock in his heart, Li Ke muttered to himself, "If this is true, I can definitely break through to the Form Transformation Realm within a year. Then, it will be the time for me to reclaim what belongs to me!"

In Li Ke's heart, there was something he could not let go of. If not for this matter, he would not have lived such a heavy life, and his personality would not have become so steady and cautious.

A genius of the ancient clan, who lost his qi in one night, was expelled from the family, and a fifteen-year-old boy lost everything in one night. In his heart, there was only defiance and determination.

That night, the boy left the ancient clan, with lightning and thunder, heavy rain, and the mountains in solitude. In the endless darkness, it seemed as if there were wild golden beasts lurking, ready to swallow all life.

With bloodshot eyes, the boy screamed at the Li family of the Five First-Class Divine Weapon Clans, "In three years, I, Li Ke, will definitely return!"

"If the nine-colored marks are really related to the nine divine weapon planets as the newspaper said, I remember the red divine weapon planet seemed to be a divine map!" The effect of the red marks accelerating cultivation made Li Ke recall the content of the newspaper he had read on Mercury, which mentioned nine mysterious divine weapon planets, each with a different color. Now, it seemed as if they were attached to his weapon soul.

Li Ke remembered the colors of the nine divine weapon planets very clearly, but the shapes were not fully described in the newspaper. After thinking for a long time, he could only remember that the red divine weapon planet looked like a divine map, while the others were almost forgotten.

"Hmm? Why does the red mark seem a bit dimmer?" When Li Ke looked inward at his weapon soul space again, he strangely found that the red mark, which had been bright and vivid just now, had become much dimmer.

"Could the red mark speed up my cultivation based on the time I spend cultivating? The longer I cultivate, the faster the speed?"

"If that's true, then I..."

Li Ke didn't dare to think further. This was too abnormal and terrifying. In short, it meant that the red mark on his weapon soul had no limit in accelerating cultivation, and the longer he cultivated, the better the effect!

Such a result made Li Ke himself almost disbelieve!

"Never mind, cultivate, cultivate!"

After making up his mind, Li Ke was no longer willing to waste any more time. The news of his low-grade weapon soul had already spread throughout the Dual Blade Sect, and the days ahead would definitely not be easy. In a place where strength was paramount, only by enhancing his own power could he survive.

Saying and doing, Li Ke immediately sat down to cultivate. Since the effect of the red mark on his weapon soul had not completely disappeared, his cultivation speed was very fast this time.

The divine weapon qi surged, rushing towards him...

...

Cultivate, cultivate, cultivate...

While the entire Dual Blade Sect was hotly discussing Li Ke's red seventh-grade flying knife weapon soul, he continued to cultivate.

Three days passed in a flash.

During these three days, only Ling Yun came to see Li Ke every day. However, when he saw that Li Ke was still cultivating, he quietly left the food and left.

On this day, the inner sect of the Dual Blade Sect was unusually quiet, and no one was discussing Li Ke's low-grade weapon soul anymore. This peaceful scene gave a sense of impending storm.

Early in the morning, Ling Yun appeared at the door of Li Ke's private courtyard, his heart filled with excitement.

Thinking that his senior brother could break through to the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm in two years, this was not only due to his monstrous talent but also possibly because the cultivation technique he practiced was of an extremely high grade.

Ling Yun started cultivating at the age of ten, condensing divine weapon qi. Now, after five years, he had gathered seven streams of divine weapon qi, forming the雏形 (chuxing) of his weapon soul. This cultivation speed was neither fast nor slow.

The cultivation technique for the Qi Condensation Realm practiced by the outer sect disciples of the Dual Blade Sect, the Spring River Decisive, was of a very low grade, only a mid-yellow grade. If Li Ke also practiced the Spring River Decisive, even with his astonishing talent, it would be impossible for him to reach the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm in two years.

In the inner room of the private courtyard, Li Ke was still in an extremely intense state of cultivation. The hazy divine weapon qi enveloped him like smoke, and he was like an absorber, drawing all the divine weapon qi into his body, rushing into the weapon soul space, transforming into a raging flame, refining the flying knife weapon soul.

On the flying knife weapon soul, the red marks were bright red, emitting intense red light, like a burning flame. After three days of non-stop cultivation, the first segment of Li Ke's flying knife weapon soul had been completely refined, with a translucent blade edge that made one feel a chill.

At the connection between the first and second segments of the flying knife weapon soul, the translucent light was gradually advancing...

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, the flying knife weapon soul trembled, and the translucent edge directly penetrated the first segment, rushing to the second segment.

At this moment, Li Ke's eyes suddenly opened wide.

His star-like eyes sparkled, and his heart was filled with ambition.

"Early stage of the second level of the Weapon Refinement Realm!"