Dugu Qiubai and Tang Hao

However, upon hearing Ke Zhen'e's words, Wang Sheng's body trembled with excitement, his face filled with delight.

Although Ke Zhen'e's final words had been full of threats.

Anyone who was not an idiot could hear the satisfaction in Ke Zhen'e's tone.

Clearly, he could become his disciple!

"Wang Sheng pays respects to Master!!"

Overwhelmed with excitement, Wang Sheng immediately gave Ke Zhen'e another deep bow.

But Ke Zhen'e frowned at this.

"One bow and that's it? If you want to take a master, you must perform the three kneelings and six bows!"

Ke Zhen'e tapped the ground with his blind cane, his tone distinctly dissatisfied.

But seeing the blank expression on Wang Sheng's face, Ke Zhen'e could not help but shake his head helplessly.

"Ah, forget it, forget it. It seems this is another world without rules. Since this world has no Jianghu, we'll keep it simple. Kowtow to me once, then offer tea!"

After saying that, Ke Zhen'e sat down on the bed.

Following Ke Zhen'e's instructions, Wang Sheng respectfully kowtowed three times before him, then presented him with a cup of hot tea with both hands.

And just like that, Wang Sheng was accepted as a disciple by the Beggar Gang's Gang Leader, Bat Hero Ke Zhen'e, and swore that he would uphold the principles of a great hero: serving the country and the people!

Meanwhile, in Holy Soul Village.

After Bai Luo had created the Dugu Qiubai Clone and the Red Devil Clone.

As Bai Luo also created clones from the Ke Zhen'e template and the Chen Xuanfeng template.

The Leylin Farlier template, Blood Cloaked Marquis Bai Yifei template, and Feng Xingtong template were subsequently turned into clones as well. Bai Luo sent them to various places, preparing for them to vividly act out carefully designed scripts.

However, compared to the enhanced Dugu Qiubai Clone, the Leylin Farlier Clone, Blood Cloaked Marquis Bai Yifei Clone, and Feng Xingtong Clone were all somewhat lacking in strength.

Therefore, the scripts designed for these three clones were not as high-profile as sending the Dugu Qiubai Clone to challenge Sword Douluo Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Instead, the three clones were each sent to approach different soul master factions on the Douluo Continent. Using the impact of the Dugu Qiubai Clone challenging Sword Douluo Chen Xin, they would make the All Heavens Reincarnation Palace known as quickly as possible.

While sending out the three clones, Bai Luo also cultivated the Heaven and Earth Undying Evergreen Art he had previously drawn in Holy Soul Village.

The Heaven and Earth Undying Evergreen Art Bai Luo cultivated was naturally a reward he had directly drawn this time, so he could cultivate it immediately without being restricted by his physique or talent.

Using the Heaven and Earth Undying Evergreen Art as his cultivation method, improving his aptitude through the Muscle and Bone Forging Chapter from the Nine Yin Manual, and then taking the Small Revitalizing Pill from before, Bai Luo quickly pushed his cultivation to level nine soul power.

But this was actually still rather slow.

If he had taken Blood Bodhi, Bai Luo could have directly reached level ten soul power with just one.

But unfortunately, Bai Luo only had five Blood Bodhi in hand. The majority naturally had to be given to the Dugu Qiubai Clone.

The Dugu Qiubai Clone had taken three, only stopping after developing significant drug resistance and turning instead to refining the Nine Orifices Golden Elixir.

As for the remaining two Blood Bodhi, Bai Luo used them on the dispatched Feng Xingtong Clone and Blood Cloaked Marquis Bai Yifei Clone. These two clones still needed strength badly.

As for the Leylin Farlier Clone, the script it was assigned did not require much strength. Its own strength was sufficient, so it would have to make do.

As time passed.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months went by.

One day, Bai Luo was cultivating on a slope beneath a waterfall in the forest of the Back Mountain.

In a cave not far away was the Dugu Qiubai Clone, who was in seclusion cultivating.

But suddenly, Bai Luo sensed an incomparably sharp Sword Intent erupt from nearby.

Immediately afterward, a vast torrent-like stream of Silver Sword Qi shot into the sky, howling through the air as it transformed into a massive silver sword and let out a clear, resonant sword cry.

"It finally broke through!!"

Sensing the disturbance nearby, Bai Luo was overjoyed.

After the Dugu Qiubai Clone began cultivating the Intent Sword Body Great Art, it encountered many problems.

Unlike ordinary cultivation methods, the Intent Sword Body Great Art did not focus on cultivating true qi. Instead, it placed greater emphasis on cultivating one's realm of the sword, capable of tempering one's mind and soul.

Rather than a cultivation method, it was more like a mental technique.

The first realm of the Intent Sword Body Great Art was divided into three levels: Refuting Sword, Controlling Sword, and Sword Control.

Refuting Sword was manageable, but reaching Controlling Sword required extremely profound true qi cultivation. As for the realm of Sword Control, there was no need to even mention it.

Thus, Bai Luo had also passed the Heaven and Earth Undying Evergreen Art on to Dugu Qiubai.

Of course, compared to Bai Luo, the Dugu Qiubai Clone's martial arts talent was countless times greater. He had no need for the Heaven and Earth Undying Evergreen Art reward.

Therefore, the Dugu Qiubai Clone merely obtained the cultivation method from Bai Luo and began cultivating it on his own.

With the aid of three whole Blood Bodhi, along with the Nine Orifices Golden Elixir from the Eternal Life World.

The Dugu Qiubai Clone's cultivation began advancing by leaps and bounds.

His cultivation, originally at the Innate Middle Stage, soon broke past the Innate realm. His true qi directly liquefied and began nourishing his body.

Even without the Heaven and Earth Undying Evergreen Art, he could naturally gain a longer lifespan and a stronger physique.

But this was not the end.

After he began refining the Nine Orifices Golden Elixir, before he had even finished refining it, the true qi within the Dugu Qiubai Clone's body changed from liquid into solid form, condensing into a pill like the golden core in cultivation novels.

Of course, as a martial artist, rather than calling this pill within the Dugu Qiubai Clone's body a golden core, it would be more accurate to call it a Martial Dao Golden Core.

With his true qi turning into a Martial Dao Golden Core, Bai Luo no longer knew what realm the Dugu Qiubai Clone's true qi cultivation had reached.

But measured in years, the Dugu Qiubai Clone's true qi cultivation had conservatively surpassed a thousand years, and might even have reached ten thousand!

But Bai Luo naturally was not satisfied with true qi cultivation alone.

Now, however, Dugu Qiubai's Intent Sword Body Great Art had finally broken through to the third level of the first realm: Sword Control!

Upon reaching the Sword Control realm of the first stage of the Intent Sword Body Great Art, not only was the sword qi converted from true qi astonishingly powerful, but one could even control swords to attack. These were the attack methods of sword immortals from cultivation fantasy worlds!

As the Dugu Qiubai Clone broke through and his Sword Intent, sharp enough to pierce the heavens, erupted.

Far away, in Holy Soul Village a hundred li away.

Tang Hao, who had been lying on a bed in the bedroom of the Blacksmith Shop, feigning sleep as he rested, suddenly sat upright and looked out the window, his face filled with gravity.

"What powerful Sword Intent!"

"No! I have to go take a look!"

As someone wanted by Spirit Hall, after bringing his son Tang San to hide in Holy Soul Village.

Although so many years had passed without them being discovered, Tang Hao still possessed a strong sense of danger.

Now, he suddenly sensed an exceptionally powerful Sword Intent erupting from the forest on the Back Mountain of Holy Soul Village.

This Sword Intent was so powerful that it was even stronger than the Sword Intent of Sword Douluo Chen Xin, whom he had fought before. It was even sharper and more terrifyingly fierce!

What is going on? I have to go take a look!