"They said some people were so gifted they could attain sudden enlightenment and grow stronger in the midst of battle. Even if they were no match for their enemies at first, breakthrough after breakthrough could ultimately bring them victory."
"I don't have the heaven-defying talent to break through in the heat of battle, but I do have the Hundred Schools Essentials to give me breathing room."
"It lets me draw the strength to fight back from the two Sage statues."
Watching the Hundred Schools Essentials glow ever brighter, Li Shun nodded in satisfaction.
For Li Shun, nothing could be better than settling who truly controlled Square Inch without relying on Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Qi.
"At least for now, the Hundred Schools Essentials will let me keep pressing my attack against the two Sage statues."
"Once they're driven into a corner, the Sage statues are bound to strike back again."
"I'll have to take it one step at a time."
The Imperial Academy truly lived up to its place as the foundation of Great Qian's power.
Even a single drop of the Hundred Schools Essentials it had bestowed was an enormous help to Li Shun.
Li Shun turned his attention to the other treasure the Academy had awarded him.
It was the Turtle Treasure.
Rather than refining it at once as the Academy had instructed, Li Shun examined it closely.
On the surface, it looked remarkably similar to the piece Han Qi had shown him.
But the innate patterns on the Turtle Shell, and the images and characters engraved into it, were different.
Great Qian had yet to decipher the writing on the Turtle Treasure.
Though no one knew what the characters meant, that had not stopped the Imperial Academy from putting the power within it to use.
Li Shun swept