Ignoring the elder's seemingly magical hand techniques.

Fang Qingyu's gaze was deeply attracted by the opened box...

A purple pearl the size of a pigeon egg lay quietly inside.

The surface of the pearl shimmered with purple lightning, as if someone had crushed twilight's fiery clouds into indigo, forming thousands of liquid arcs as thin as hair strands.

"This blade is called the Dragon Sparrow Calamity Slash, its predecessor was formed from thirty-six Thunder Drums of the Thunder Department, and it became a weapon due to being tainted by Chiyou's blood." The elder explained calmly.

"A blade!?"

Fang Qingyu was startled upon hearing this while sensing the aura of the pearl.

"Yes, it's a blade!"

The elder's lips curled into a smile.

With that, his withered right hand suddenly clutched Fang Qingyu's wrist.

In the moment Fang Qingyu winced in pain.

The elder had already pierced his index finger towards the pearl with his left hand.

A drop of crimson Blood Pearl shot towards the pearl's surface with invisible Qi Force.

"Every Divine Armament has a unique growth form. For now, this is its unactivated state."

The sound in the elder's throat was swallowed by the thunderous explosion.

The instant the Blood Pearl hit the pearl surface.

The liquid arcs suddenly solidified into thorn-like crystals.

The drop of blood burned a grain-sized hole on the pearl's surface, with dark red blood threads rapidly spreading along the honeycomb-like crystalline facets.

"Go!"

The elder suddenly flicked his wrist, tossing the purple pearl into the sky.

The bead hovered at the cloud level, nearly invisible as a black dot.

The once-clear sky was darkened like ink had been poured upon it, and the clouds intertwined visibly into a vortex resembling the eye of a thunderstorm.

Thunder clouds descended.

Before the hairs on the back of Fang Qingyu's neck could stand up.

The first indigo-colored lightning struck the pearl.

Electric arcs wove into a cocoon-like luminous net on the pearl's surface, and the shadow of a Black Wood Blade Scabbard grew straight from the lightning.

The second crimson-purple lightning followed closely.

Dragon sinews grew from the void, coiling tightly around the scabbard like living serpents, each fiber's surface flickering with blue-purple electric spots.

When the third dazzling white lightning pierced through the heavens and earth.

The shadow solidified, and the scattered purple electricity was refined in the lightning into a straight blade.

The thunderous clouds quickly dissipated.

A horizontal blade, three feet three inches long, entwined with blue-black dragon sinews slowly descended.

Instinctively, Fang Qingyu reached out to catch it.

As if linked by blood, he could sense the blade's presence even while it was in mid-air.

The Black Wood Scabbard was entwined with nine strands of dark blue dragon sinews.

The scabbard's mouth was etched with a Bronze Thunder Swallowing Pattern resembling a closed dragon's jaw.

The blade was entirely purple, its surface riddled with cracks, each scar as wide as a hair, with solidified purple-gold Thunder Liquid settled deep within.

At rest, it resembled a galaxy within amber; under light, it flowed like lava.

With just a glance.

Fang Qingyu immediately fell in love with the new blade.

And at the moment the blade took form.

Information surged into his mind.

As the elder mentioned, the Dragon Sparrow Calamity Slash has five growth forms.

Thunder Strike, Jingzhe, Heavenly Punishment, Tribulation Ashes, Tai Xiao.

The current blade form is Thunder Strike.

It possesses two traits.

First is Thunder Strike, causing paralysis to the struck limb for three breaths.

Second is Thunder Storage, able to absorb the clashing sounds of a battlefield and convert them into thunder.

The traits of the later forms are currently unknown.

But just this first form.

The capabilities it possesses are already quite terrifying.

This equates to giving Fang Qingyu a means of thunder, comparable to a Thunder Attribute Divine Believer!!

Furthermore, it will continue to grow in the future.

This truly... lives up to the name Divine Armament.

No wonder, Captain Lin kept helping him contact the director for this reward.

Now Fang Qingyu believes there are no more than a thousand Divine Armaments across the entire Federation.

However...

The elder's power also seems a bit too terrifying...

With just a wave of his hand, he summoned Heavenly Might from the thunder!?

Is this a Martial Artist!?

As Fang Qingyu finished digesting the information in his mind,

He opened his eyes.

At some point, the elder had already picked up a fishing rod, sitting leisurely on a small stool.

"Divine Armaments bind with their users, and if the user dies, the bond will automatically sever, so in the future, if you're about to die, remember to hide your Divine Armament first."

Yet the words from the other's mouth were cold and unfeeling.

Fang Qingyu's mouth twitched, nodding: "Got it."

"This blade is recorded in the 'Extensive Records of the Taiping Era'."

"During the Zhenyuan era of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Shanjun carried this blade into Shu to subjugate a flood dragon. By the Jialing River, he 'swung the blade to summon thunder, scorching nine dragons'."

"Later, Heavenly Master Zhang improved its thunder pattern, engraving the Daoist Five Thunders True Method onto its blade spine. During the Jingkang Incident of the Northern Song, the blade's master Zong Ze defended Bianjing, and historical records claim the Jin soldiers witnessed 'three days of continuous purple lightning encircling the city', prompting them to retreat thirty miles."

"Don't disgrace this blade's name."

The elder, holding his fishing rod, now truly seemed like a high master hidden from society.

"Yes."

Fang Qingyu responded, suddenly thinking of something.

He glanced around.

"Aren't you afraid of being discovered with what you just did?"

The thunder phenomenon just now was so terrifying, surely many people would have taken photos to post online by now.

"There's no one around here."

The elder's eyes carried a deep meaning as he explained.

And indeed...

Even though the thunder had been deafening moments ago, the street was devoid of any pedestrians now.

Seeing this, Fang Qingyu felt no concern.

He plopped down beside the elder, turning the blade back into pearl form and putting it in his pocket, gazing silently at the river ahead.

"...?"

The elder's mouth twitched at the sight.

"I've given you the Divine Armament, why are you still hanging around!?"

"This was a reward for capturing a Divine True Body for the Federation, saving dozens in the special training class. What about my competition reward?"

Considering the help Zheng Lin and Qin Hui gave in getting debt collections from the Divine Management Bureau and Lin Kang continuously pestering the director for a reward.

Fang Qingyu had grasped a principle.

Some rewards need to be fought for.

And he wasn't wrong.

One thing doesn't change another.

Helping the elder subdue those people was just one aspect of the Divine Armament reward.

The competition's reward itself hasn't been issued yet.

Just a few more Qi Blood Crystals and he could push the Qi Blood Transport Technique to the Transformation Realm.

Getting whatever he could was worthwhile.

The elder was nearly amused to anger, speaking softly: "...Do you know that just the Divine Armament alone is worth more than those deeds you mentioned."

"I didn't know. Before coming here, Captain Lin said winning this competition would award Qi Blood Crystals and a good Transportation Technique."

Fang Qingyu was momentarily stunned, his eyes filled with confusion.

He directly passed the buck to Lin Kang.

Passing it to Qin Hui was a bit insufficient.

He could only let the taller one bear it.

"..."

The elder was silent for a moment after hearing the words.

Then, he suddenly produced a booklet and a cloth bag, throwing them into Fang Qingyu's arms.

"Memorize it after reading, then burn it. Do not give it to anyone else."

"Scram."

"Sure thing."

Fang Qingyu didn't even look at it, directly stuffed it into his arms, not caring about the elder's words, and cheerfully got up and left.

However, before leaving, he glanced at the elder's outrageously complete equipment surrounding him...

and offered some of his insights.

"By the way, the more complete the gear, the more likely you'll airstrike, maybe next time you should try going light."

Before the elder's face darkened.

Fang Qingyu quickly left the ancient street.

He arrived at the bustling commercial street outside.

It was just a road apart.

Outside seemed like another world.

It's probably beyond these ordinary people's imagination that the elder, who appears destined to airstrike, is actually a martial artist who can control thunder.

Fang Qingyu jogged back to the hotel.

After entering the room, he took out what the elder had given him.

A dozen Qi Blood Crystals.

A Qi Blood Transport Technique book!

[Red Ming Nine Revolutions Tribulation Jade Scripture]

This is a transportation technique only cultivable at the martial artist stage.

Remembering what the elder had said.

Fang Qingyu flipped open the book, planning to memorize it and then burn it.

This transportation method has nine stages.

Similar in concept to the Nine Heavens Visualization Method.

The overall training approach means using tribulation fire to refine true jade.

Using Qi Blood as tribulation fire, tempering the body as a piece of true jade.

And on the preface page of the booklet...

This method requires great will to cultivate!

It quite fits Fang Qingyu's thinking.

Refining Qi Blood while also training his will.

Fang Qingyu took out his phone and booked a ticket to Qingjian City for the next day, then began to memorize the book.

The full text was only a few hundred words.

Memorizing it was easy, but understanding its meaning was a bit difficult.

It wasn't until nine in the evening that he memorized it all.

During this time, Tang Lingchuan sent a message asking him if he wanted to go out for a celebration, but Fang Qingyu politely declined, saying they would celebrate together when he returned to Qingjian City.

Qi Hao, Wu Yan, Zheng Lin, and others in Qingjian City also sent their congratulatory messages one by one.

Unknowingly.

He had gained quite a few friends.

Fang Qingyu told them to wait for his return and then they would have a good meal together.

...

The next day.

Fang Qingyu boarded the return flight on time.

In Shangjing, although a martial arts apprentice tournament was held, it was not particularly notable.

According to Tang Lingchuan, there wasn't even an award ceremony.

They just ranked everyone and completed the resource distribution at the martial arts hall.

Tang Lingchuan got the 78th place.

He chose an ancient technique and was quite satisfied.

Perhaps as Ji Yang said.

Being a martial arts apprentice is ultimately just the starting point, not stepping into the extraordinary, and does not attract much attention from the Federation.

Before Fang Qingyu boarded the plane.

He finally learned the elder's identity.

It was different from what he previously thought.

Originally Fang Qingyu thought he was the number one in the Federation, the strongest martial artist, and the director of the Divine Management Bureau.

Unexpectedly, it was the director's father.

Named Hong Qitian.

The first person to establish a martial arts hall.

His combat power is also among the top tiers in the Federation.

But he's gotten old.

Now he rarely takes action.

Thus, the trip to Shangjing ended perfectly.

The plane landed.

"Qingzi!!"

Having just retrieved his luggage and exiting the hall, Wu Yan's voice was heard from not far away.

"Why did so many of you come together?"

Fang Qingyu walked over with his luggage, smiling at the group.

Besides Qi Hao, even Zheng Lin and Qin Hui came.

"This time you've brought honor to the martial arts hall; it's not excessive for the headmaster to pick you up."

Zheng Lin raised the corners of her mouth with a light smile.

Fang Qingyu had no choice but to hand over his luggage to Qi Hao, and asked in surprise: "Sister Zheng is the headmaster now?"

That old man's speed is too fast...

He arranged a personnel change in less than a day.

"Yes, let's talk as we walk."

Zheng Lin led the way outside.

"Actually, this personnel change had been brewing for a long time, but this time with you single-handedly toppling all the martial arts halls, it gave Old Master Hong a great reason."

"So, will there be any changes in the martial arts hall next?"

Fang Qingyu curiously asked.

"Of course, we're going to start competing for talent. Our martial arts hall used to have hundreds of people, but the old headmaster always held the Federation's funding without doing anything."

"Now that I'm the headmaster, I must aggressively recruit!"

Zheng Lin said with renewed vigor in her eyes.

Then she looked at Fang Qingyu.

"When you break through to martial artist, remember to come support us occasionally."

"Certainly."

Fang Qingyu replied with a smile.

Isn't this exactly what Captain Lin did before?

Qi Hao listened and asked from the side.

"Speaking of which, Qingzi, when do you think you'll break through to a martial artist?"

At this point, the group had just stepped out of the airport.

Fang Qingyu squinted his eyes, looking directly at the sun.

"Soon..."

"In just a few days."

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