Sword King

Two days later, the Nan Family's training room construction was nearing completion. The five formation masters had barely slept for the past two days. Before they came, Jiang Lianyue had promised them that if they performed well, they would have the opportunity to study in the imperial capital this year.

Upon hearing this, the five were immediately energized, unable to sleep from excitement. If they could study in the imperial capital, their mastery of formations would greatly improve. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Meanwhile, Nan Yunqi had brought the Nan Family members to wait outside the training room early in the morning. With the five most outstanding formation masters from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion working on it, the training room's functions were bound to be perfect and powerful. Everyone was filled with anticipation and eagerly awaiting its completion.

"Qiao'er, why does your complexion look so bad?" Nan Yunqi asked with concern, noticing Nan Qiao's pale face.

Nan Qiao rubbed her temples. "Perhaps it's because I've been cultivating constantly and haven't rested well."

"You need to balance work and rest. Cultivation cannot be rushed; you must proceed steadily, understand?" Nan Yunqi lectured.

"Mm." Nan Qiao nodded, then smiled. "Father, my cultivation has reached the great circle of Qi Refining. As soon as the training room is built, I'll attempt to break through to the Spirit Refining Realm!"

Hearing Nan Qiao's words, everyone was shocked. Her cultivation speed was too astonishing! They remembered Nan Qiao was at the seventh level of Qi Refining when she emerged from the secret realm. In just eight days, she had broken through two minor realms?

"Qiao'er, is what you're saying true?" Nan Yunqi asked excitedly.

"Mm." Nan Qiao nodded. "It's all thanks to the high-grade Mysterious Tier Ice Spirit Art that my brother-in-law gave me. Otherwise, my speed wouldn't have been this fast!"

As Nan Qiao spoke, she walked over to Nan Rou. "Sister, why don't I see brother-in-law?"

"He's cultivating in the back mountain," Nan Rou replied with a smile.

"That cultivation fanatic! He's cooped up in a mountain cave all day, neglecting his wife!"

Nan Yunqi said irritably. Ever since Qin Guan had rebuffed him a couple of days ago, Nan Yunqi was still fuming.

"A man can only protect his woman if he is powerful. If you had half of the son-in-law's effort, you wouldn't still be at the fourth level of Spirit Refining. Qiao'er is about to catch up to you!" Yang Hongmei retorted from the side.

Now she finally saw clearly: Qin Guan was the Nan Family's biggest pillar of support. Thinking about it made her regret it deeply. She had been blind back then to let such an excellent potential son-in-law go to Nan Rou.

"You..."

Nan Yunqi was speechless. Why did it seem like no one in the Nan Family approved of him, their Family Head...

"Family Head, the masters are out!" Jia Quan suddenly announced.

Hearing this, Nan Yunqi hurried towards the five formation masters from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. "Esteemed masters, thank you for your hard work. Please, have some tea!"

"Masters, please have some tea!"

"Masters, please have some tea!"

Nan Rou and Nan Qiao quickly brought the freshly brewed tea to the five formation masters.

"You two young ladies are too kind!"

The five formation masters accepted the tea.

"Everyone, please follow this old man. I will introduce the functions and usage of the training room," the leading formation master, an elder, said with a smile, holding his teacup.

"Alright, then we'll trouble you, master!" Nan Yunqi nodded hastily.

Soon, everyone followed the elder into the training room.

"These ten rooms are training rooms. Each training room is divided into four floors. The strength of the Wooden Dummies on each floor ranges from the Body Refining Realm to the Profound Connection Realm. They will imitate the trial-taker's moves and fight against them, which can effectively reveal one's shortcomings!"

"Ah, the masters' work is indeed extraordinary!" Nan Yunqi flattered after listening to the elder's introduction.

"This area here is the cultivation room. It can accommodate thirty people cultivating simultaneously. The walls are made of Cloud Mud Stone, providing excellent sealing. Once the Spiritual Energy is released, it lingers for a long time, effectively aiding cultivators in breakthroughs."

"Good! Good!"

"And here is..."

The elder continued to explain as he walked.

Witnessing the powerful functions of the training room, the Nan Family members were all excited. Compared to their old, dilapidated training room, this was like comparing heaven and earth.

When Qin Guan had accidentally destroyed the old training room, they had wished they could skin him alive.

Now, they wished they could thank Qin Guan for eight generations of ancestors. They all understood that without Qin Guan's intervention, the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion would never have built a training room for the Nan Family.

A short while later, the group emerged from the training room.

As they came out, they suddenly noticed Qin Guan standing in front of the training room. Behind him, Old Mo and the other two, along with Chen Guanxiang, were looking solemnly at the distant sky.

Following their gaze, Nan Yunqi and the others quickly spotted a middle-aged man and a young man in white robes standing in the air not far away, hovering on their swords.

The middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back, scanning the people below as if they were ants. Beside him, the young man in white was playing with a flying sword, a hint of amusement on his face.

Upon noticing the two wearing Spirit Sword Academy attire, Nan Yunqi and the others' expressions immediately turned extremely grave.

Especially the middle-aged man; his ability to hover in the air without any external aid indicated his cultivation was at least at the Peak Attainment Realm, as only powerful cultivators at the fifth realm or above could achieve this.