Chapter 122: The Five Bright Kings Enter Emerald Cloud Peak
Heaven-Defying Taoist was training soldiers and imparting Taoist magic to boost the cultivation levels of these guards at the drill ground.
Within Qingyang Temple, Yuan Tiangang was crafting elixir pills to enhance cultivation levels. Utilizing elixir pills for this purpose was greatly taboo, as even after the enhancement, one needed to meditate and comprehend their realm to avoid obstructing their future path. However, it was different for these guards. They were directly elevated to the ninth realm of Immortals using a large number of elixir pills and taught the Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends before being sent to the front lines.
The inclusion of these guards indeed significantly boosted the military strength of the Tang army, since soldiers at the ninth realm of Immortals were rare.
During the year, there were no significant events, as Heaven-Defying Taoist continuously had medicinal herbs sent from Water Curtain Cave, and then had Yuan Tiangang help with the alchemy. Thus, there was an unending supply of elixir pills. Naturally, the cultivation levels of these royal guards also quickly escalated, practically piled up with genius treasures. Oftentimes, they couldn’t even refine the power of the medicines completely; it overflowed and converted into spirit qi. In that year, three thousand people attained the ninth realm of Immortals and were dispatched to the front lines, after which Li Zhi consistently replenished them with new recruits, continuously sending them to Heaven-Defying Taoist’s drill ground.
"You all continue your practice; I must take a trip to Divine Sword Manor," said Heaven-Defying Taoist as he stood up.
At this moment, large snowflakes fluttered from the sky, but inside the drill ground, over five thousand people sat in meditation, their mana surging.
"We obey, Master!" the five thousand voiced in unison.
Heaven-Defying Taoist nodded, brushed the snowflakes off his body, performed a somersault, and headed towards Divine Sword Manor.
Before reaching Divine Sword Manor, he could already see the sword light flickering and sword Qi crisscrossing around Emerald Cloud Peak and Green Water Lake.
Heaven-Defying Taoist descended and saw the Xie siblings sparring. Xie Qingmei, after ten years, had finally entered the ninth realm of Immortals, while Xie Yunhan’s cultivation level had reached that of a Sub-Immortal, and Xie Yunshen was at that of a Supreme Immortal.
"Heaven-Defying Taoist!" The siblings hurriedly paid their respects upon seeing Heaven-Defying Taoist.