Cultivating in Different Professions

Luo Anning patted her smooth, fair forehead.

"I almost forgot! You were already at ten times blood exchange, and the Governor brought back the Blood Strengthening Pills."

Her expression was a little aggrieved.

In everyone else’s eyes, she was clearly a genius too.

But now that Su Mu had said that, she felt completely useless.

She had even said before that she would get a Blood Strengthening Pill for Senior Brother Su.

But in the end, Senior Brother Su got a Blood Strengthening Pill through his own abilities, without needing her help at all.

"Actually, I’ve already completed seventy percent of my blood exchange,"

Luo Anning said weakly.

Although she was only at eight times blood exchange, she had broken through to the Blood Transformation Realm earlier than Su Mu. She felt her blood exchange progress should be faster than his.

This was perhaps the only area where she was stronger than Su Mu.

Su Mu smiled, not pointing out the truth.

’A young lady’s pride must be protected.’

"Let’s have a test. If you can take one strike from my saber, it proves you have the strength to leave the city. If not, you can’t go looking for Master Wan and the others. How about it?"

Su Mu said.

"Senior Brother Su, don’t be too confident. I admit you’re very strong, but as long as you don’t use the Five Flames Heaven-Shaking Bow, I can still take one of your attacks."

Luo Anning said.

As she spoke, she had already drawn the longsword from her waist.

"Come on, Senior Brother Su!"

The corners of Su Mu’s mouth tilted up. The Thunder Shocking Saber left its sheath with a light, airy swing.

Though the saber strike seemed soft and weak, raindrops began to fall from the sky. They were swept up by a fierce wind, transforming into a chaotic torrent that surged forward.

"Senior Brother, you’re underestimating me!"

Luo Anning’s expression was serious as she flicked her longsword forward.

A similar torrent materialized from beneath her sword.

Compared to Su Mu’s saber strike, her sword attack was less powerful but had the advantage of being gentle and enduring.

She, too, had comprehended the Kan Water Realm!

It wouldn’t be so easy to defeat her with a single strike.

Among all the Taiping Captains in the Wuling Taiping Bureau, not a single one could defeat her in one move.

The saber and sword clashed with a clear ring of metal on metal.

A smile had just begun to form on Luo Anning’s face.

Suddenly, the saber erupted with an explosive burst of power.

A burst of flame suddenly ignited on the blade’s edge.

In an instant, it evaporated the raindrops in the air.

Luo Anning’s Kan Water Realm was instantly shattered.

The raging flames immediately engulfed Luo Anning completely.

"Ah?"

Luo Anning cried out in alarm, standing frozen on the spot.

Su Mu had stopped just in time, sheathing his Thunder Shocking Saber.

The flames immediately vanished.

Luo Anning’s face was merely flushed red from the heat, but her body was completely unharmed.

She blinked, a little dazed.

"The Li Fire Realm?"

She looked at Su Mu in a daze.

"What, you don’t recognize me anymore?"

Su Mu said with a laugh, "Weren’t you the one who gave me the Li Fire Realm Map?"

As if waking from a dream, Luo Anning stammered, "I... I was the one who gave it to you."

"But how long has it been? You’ve already comprehended the Li Fire Realm?"

Comprehending a Mental Realm isn’t something you can do just by having a Mental Realm Map.

Otherwise, with the Li Fire Realm Map in the Luo Family for so many years, wouldn’t everyone in the Luo Family have been able to comprehend the Li Fire Realm?

In fact, no one in the Luo Family had ever managed to comprehend the Li Fire Realm.

Luo Anning had given the Li Fire Realm Map to Su Mu with her own hands. Just how much time had passed since then?

"Kan Water, Xun Wind, and Li Fire... three Mental Realms..."

It took a long while for Luo Anning to suppress the shock in her heart.

She had known Su Mu for a long time, but every time, he still managed to shock her in a new way.

She had thought Senior Brother Su’s aptitude was already heaven-defying; he had even reached the unprecedented Eleven Times Blood Exchange Realm.

But compared to his comprehension ability, it no longer seemed so astonishing.

To have comprehended three Mental Realms while still in the Blood Transformation Realm—what did that mean?

As far as Luo Anning knew, even Governor Zhao Poni had only mastered two Mental Realms.

But Governor Zhao Poni’s cultivation was at Nascent Soul Realm Perfection!

In all of Jingzhou, there were only a handful of Martial Artists who had comprehended three Mental Realms.

It was common knowledge that comprehending a Mental Realm was more difficult than advancing one’s Cultivation.

Cultivation could be built up with resources, but when it came to a Mental Realm, you either could or you couldn’t. No matter how high one’s status, if you couldn’t, you just couldn’t.

"Senior Brother Su, I’ve heard that if you cultivate two Mental Realms to Perfection, it’s possible to comprehend a phenomenon."

Luo Anning said, "You’ve already comprehended three Mental Realms. Once you master the Divine Phoenix Rebirth Technique, you might even comprehend a phenomenon while in the Rebirth Realm."

"As far as I know, the lowest cultivation level of anyone who has ever comprehended a phenomenon is the True Essence Realm. Senior Brother Su, you’re going to make history again!"

Luo Anning’s face was filled with excitement. She clenched her small fists and said, "Water, fire, and wind... I wonder what kind of phenomenon you’ll comprehend in the future, Senior Brother Su. Water and fire are incompatible, but wind can fuel a fire..."

"What did you say?"

Su Mu suddenly grabbed Luo Anning’s hand, asking excitedly.

"Ah?"

Luo Anning was a bit confused. "Water and fire are incompatible? Wind can fuel a fire?"

Feeling her hand enveloped by a large one, a strange sensation bloomed in her heart, though she couldn’t quite figure out what it was.

"Water and fire are incompatible, wind can fuel a fire..."

Su Mu muttered to himself, "’The five elements generate and overcome one another. The Cyan Dragon is wood, the Vermilion Bird is fire, the White Tiger is metal, the Black Tortoise is water. Only with earth at the center can one command the four directions.’"

’So that’s how it is. I understand now!’

Passage after passage of text flowed through his mind, and Su Mu had a moment of sudden enlightenment.

He finally understood the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique!

With a thought, the system panel materialized before his eyes.