Lu Jun returned to his room, sat cross-legged, and took out the martial arts manuals he had just obtained.
"Fierce Tiger Blade Art, Cloud Treading Steps. Let's see how well they work."
Another line of text appeared before Lu Jun's eyes.
[Demon Essence: 7300] [You can use Demon Essence to comprehend cultivation arts and martial arts, and raise their levels.] [Fierce Tiger Blade Art (Not Initiated)] [Cloud Treading Steps (Not Initiated)]
The two martial arts complemented each other perfectly—one was a blade art, while the other was a movement technique.
At present, raising the River Lord Subdues the Flood Dragon Art would require another ten thousand Demon Essence. Lu Jun estimated that he would have to kill twenty-three demons of ordinary strength to gather enough.
Rather than wait, he might as well raise whatever he could first and maximize his combat power as much as possible.
With that thought, Lu Jun no longer hesitated. He began gradually channeling Demon Essence into the Fierce Tiger Blade Art before him.
In a daze, Lu Jun's consciousness suddenly grew hazy. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived in an unfamiliar land.
[As a Law Seeker who has cultivated the River Lord Subdues the Flood Dragon Art, your bodily comprehension is monstrously superior to that of ordinary martial artists. Ordinary martial arts are practically child's play to you.] [In little more than a month, you cultivated the Fierce Tiger Blade Art to minor mastery. By concentrating True Qi into the blade and cleaving outward, you could often manifest a domineering phantom of a raging tiger's roar.] [After half a year, thanks to your diligence rewarded by Heaven and your already astonishing talent, your Fierce Tiger Blade Art reached major mastery. This was equivalent to seven or eight years of painstaking cultivation for an ordinary martial artist. Your blade qi was fierce and vigorous, and every casual slash carried the desperate resolve of a wounded tiger making its final counterattack.] [After two years, you finally cultivated the blade art to perfection. You had completely mastered it, but faintly sensed that perfection was not the end of this blade art. Instead, it seemed more like a starting point. In the unseen depths, you touched upon a trace of the meaning of the "Dao."]
"Whew..."
Lu Jun abruptly opened his eyes. His gaze burned brightly, and it was as if a ferocious tiger lurked within them.
"So this is martial arts comprehension... It feels just like a sudden, hazy dream..."
Lu Jun felt as though he had dreamed a dream. In it, he had swung and practiced the Fierce Tiger Blade Art day after day, ultimately cultivating the martial art to perfection after a year and a half.
The text appeared before him once more.
[Demon Essence: 5000] [Fierce Tiger Blade Art (Perfected)] [Cloud Treading Steps (Not Initiated)]
"A single bout of comprehension consumed nearly two thousand three hundred Demon Essence..." Lu Jun could not help sighing. "As they say, poor scholars and rich martial artists. Practicing martial arts really does burn money!"
However, Lu Jun also felt that he had grown more than a notch stronger, especially in the use of his blade art.
Lu Jun glanced lightly at the Zhaoming horizontal blade that Senior Yun had previously given him and that he kept beside him at all times.
After gently rubbing it, Lu Jun's eyes grew increasingly feverish. He even felt an urge to pick it up and swing it right then.
Still, Lu Jun suppressed the impulse.
Immediately afterward, Lu Jun skillfully invested Demon Essence into the second movement technique, Cloud Treading Steps.
[As a Law Seeker, you possess the divine ability—Soaring Wind. Since wind-type divine abilities naturally make learning the Cloud Treading Steps easier for you, the difficulty of cultivating it has been reduced.] [In a mere half month, you cultivated this movement technique to minor mastery. Your steps were as swift as the wind, your speed several times faster than when you originally traveled on the wind, while consuming less True Qi.] [In the blink of an eye, a year passed. You successfully cultivated this movement technique to major mastery, allowing you to walk freely through the air, your figure moving like an illusion.] [Another year passed. You cultivated the Cloud Treading Steps to perfection. It had become an instinct of your very life; every movement and burst of speed displayed an ethereal grace.]
"This time, it only cost me fifteen hundred Demon Essence." Lu Jun raised his brows.
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[Demon Essence: 3500]
Time flew, and the day finally arrived for the Demon Slaying Division to recruit members and conduct official-rank evaluations.
At a spacious examination ground in the rear mountains of the Demon Slaying Division,
dozens of young people stood ready for battle. They were all outstanding youths from various demon-slaying clans or Law Seeker families.
The examination ground seethed with noise.
The chief examiner this time was Mo Jinyi, while the invigilator was Mo Jinyi's son, Mo Lou.
Mo Jinyi loved becoming the chief examiner for the Demon Slaying Division's official-rank evaluations. There was only one reason: he could use the opportunity to line his own pockets and fatten his private treasury.
Thus, Mo Jinyi had been the chief examiner for practically every year's official-rank evaluation.
Standing atop the high platform, Mo Jinyi looked at the roster of those taking today's test and grinned as he skimmed through the names of the participants.
"Li Baoyu, five taels of gold."
"Fang Yiming, the glazed goblet as a contribution."
"Zhong Xiuming, the Falling Blossom Stone as a contribution."
"..."
Mo Jinyi was practically beaming. As he read, he instructed his son beside him, "Later, make sure to look after Fang Yiming and Zhong Xiuming. These two are good lads. When necessary, you can lend them a hand and help them pass the test."
Mo Lou was speechless and nodded listlessly.
When he reached the final line,
Mo Jinyi raised his brows.
"Lu Jun, no offering..."
Mo Jinyi even turned to Mo Lou in disbelief. "This Lu Jun didn't give a single hair?"
Mo Lou nodded. "Not even a coin. Looks like he's the only one here who gave nothing..."
Mo Jinyi scratched his head, somewhat displeased.
"This Lu Jun really doesn't know how to behave. Don't help him later. Let him take the test on his own!"
Mo Lou's eyes rolled rapidly as he came up with a mischievous idea. "Should we raise the difficulty for him? I heard Senior Yun say that he's pretty powerful."
Mo Jinyi flicked Mo Lou on the forehead and snapped angrily, "Raise my ass. The others gave money, so we'll help them a little. This one gave nothing, so we simply won't bother with him. They didn't bribe you, and you still want to make trouble for them? You haven't learned even a shred of your father's upright and noble bearing."
Mo Lou shook his head repeatedly. "No, Dad. I heard Senior Yun say he's powerful, so I just want to see how strong he is."
"What's there to see? Hurry up and come help your father count the money!"
"Coming."
At that moment, under Li Tuo's guidance, Lu Jun also successfully arrived at the rear-mountain training ground. The training ground was enormous, roughly the size of seven or eight soccer fields.
"Good luck! You'll definitely be fine."
"You're so powerful. Maybe this evaluation will even let you rise through the ranks in one bound and become a Bronze Robe Envoy..." Li Tuo shook his fist at Lu Jun.
Lu Jun nodded and walked into the training ground.
There were not many people there, basically only around twenty.
Most of them were Law Seekers, with only a few martial artists among them.
When everyone saw Lu Jun enter, they turned to look. After realizing they did not know him, they paid him little attention.
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