Chapter 678 - The Three Martial Arts Grandmaster Realms

Chapter 678: The Three Martial Arts Grandmaster Realms
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Everyone received a prize from the tower spirit for getting through the first round. However, Mo Wen received had more benefits than anyone else, causing many of the rest of the group to give him the side-eye.
A top-grade healing light was a treasure that could save one’s life. However, it was difficult to get top-grade lights. More than half of the top-grade lights that had been won by people had been given out by the tower spirit after the completion of a secret task.

It is only right that friend Mo Wen should get more,
Tan Qiyue said with a slight smile. Lan Zhongzhi and the others nodded in agreement. If Mo Wen had not charged back into the crowd of beasts to save Bu Xingyi, they would not have even succeeded, much less have received a prize.
However, everyone still looked at Mo Wen somewhat enviously. As martial arts grandmasters but it was very difficult for them to get top-grade tools. Mo Wen had gotten two in one go, and he had been awarded a ninth-rank talisman that could threaten the life of a beast king.
Three balls of light appeared in front of Mo Wen. There was a ball of silver light, a ball of red light and a black colored talisman.


The top-grade unsealing light could unseal profound level weapons. Mo Wen used it straight away to unseal the profound level mountain and river painting. The defensive powers of a profound level weapon could block the attack of a beast king. With the mountain and river painting now able to be used, Mo Wen’s safety increased greatly.
Mo Wen stored the top-grade healing light and the ninth-grade talisman away for now. He now had three top-grade healing lights, a fact which would go a long way towards ensuring his safety in this place.
The others who had also received a top-grade sealing light also immediately unsealed their profound level weapons. Not everyone had been as lucky as Mo Wen had up until now. There were a few warriors who had not gotten any top-grade unsealing light before they had come to this place.
Bu Xingyi was the gloomiest of them all. He had no use for the top-grade healing light even though he had received it. Of the seven, he was the only one without a profound level weapon. The others had profound level weapons but no top-grade unsealing light. He did not even have a profound level weapon.
As such, he was very jealous when he saw Mo Wen unsealing yet another profound level weapon. He was a martial arts grandmaster but did not have a single profound level weapon. How could an unknown youth have so many profound level weapons?
He could still remember the feeling of the powerful dragon claw that Mo Wen had used to rescue him. Only a profound level weapon could have such power. It was just great, Bu Xingyi thought. He had not even recovered from the knowledge that Mo Wen had two profound level weapons and had now discovered that he actually had three!
How could a youth have so many treasures? He had three profound level weapons on his own. Not even the entire Ming Temple could compare to that.
It was not just Bu Xingyi who was shocked. Gao Hanshan and Lan Zhongzhi were looking at Mo Wen in an equally shocked manner. They only had one profound level weapon and they belonged to their sects. Mo Wen had three profound level weapons all to himself. Compared to him, they were really poor despite being at the peak of the ancient martial arts world as martial arts grandmasters.
Even Nangong Mingzhu and Chu Yuan, who were immortal cultivators, were looking at Mo Wen speculatively. Even though they were immortal cultivators, they did not have many treasures either. Perhaps the powers behind them have given them some treasures before they came to the Fire Domain, but they belonged to the sect and not to them.

Mo Wen, how about you lend me a profound level weapon. I will return it to you once the task is complete,
Bu Xingyi asked Mo Wen, unable to resist. Of the seven of them who had been selected for this task, he was the only one without a profound level weapon. Even Lan Zhongzhi had been given a profound level weapon by his sect. It was not that the Ming Temple did not have any profound level weapons, but he was just the third Grand Elder and profound level weapons have always been kept by the second Grand Elder, Wang Changhan.


One’s combat levels would almost double if they had a profound level weapon. He had the lowest cultivation levels among the seven, and now he was even more lacking compared to them.
Mo Wen glanced at Bu Xingyi and then looked down, pretending he had not heard his request.

Bu Xingyi, you old fogey, you are getting more and more shameless. How can he lend you a profound level weapon?
Gao Hanshan smirked. The profound level weapon was a precious treasure. How could it be easily lent out to someone? It was not as if Bu Xingyi and Mo Wen had got along well in the first place. Bu Xingyi must be dreaming if he thought he could borrow a profound level weapon from Mo Wen.

Hurmph, you all have profound level weapons but I don’t,
Bu Xingyi said coldly. We don’t know what will come up in the next task. I am just worried that I will hold you guys back. So what if he lends me the weapon for a while? I will return it to him after the task. He has so many profound level weapons, it wouldn’t hurt if he loans me one.

They were a team and if they could not complete the task, they would all be embarrassed. It was understandable that Bu Xingyi wanted to borrow a profound level weapon from Mo Wen.

You’re making it sound simple. Who wouldn’t want another profound level weapon? An additional profound level weapon means another way to keep oneself safe,
Gao Hanshan said.
You called yourself an elder earlier. An elder like you is an embarrassment.

Gao Hanshan continued to mock Bu Xingyi.
Oh, I forgot, you don’t have the right to call yourself an elder in front of Mo Wen. I wonder who saved your life earlier. He is now your benefactor. You should call him that.

Lan Zhongzhi frowned. He also felt that Bu Xingyi was too shameless. He had said that he wanted to cut Mo Wen into pieces earlier and yet was now asking to borrow one of Mo Wen’s profound level weapons. However, the Cold Light Pavilion was a powerful faction in the Floating Mystery Dimension and the Ming Temple was powerful. He could not be like Gao Hanshan and offend Bu Xingyi without considering the consequences. As such, he did not say anything.

I’m sorry, I’m not comfortable lending you my things,
Mo Wen said lightly. He did not hide his contempt. Lend one of his profound level weapons to Bu Xingyi? He was no idiot. Even if this task was doubly important, he would not do something like that.

You are indeed a little beast. You have no idea what team spirit is…
Bu Xingyi looked unhappy at being mocked by so many people. He was embarrassed and furious and could not hold back his vile words.


However, he had barely begun to speak when there was a gust of cold wind that caused the air around them to freeze. The extreme coldness almost turned him into an ice sculpture. The coldness was so intense that his body stiffened.

How rude.
Mo Wen’s tall figure appeared in front of Bu Xingyi. There was lightning jumping around the figure and he exuded a destructive and cold aura, towering over Bu Xingyi like a mountain.
Bu Xingyi first reaction was to fight. However, he suddenly realized that Mo Wen’s aura was absolutely terrifying. It was close to that of a martial arts grandmaster. It was completely unlike the power a warrior at the pinnacle of the Golden Elixir realm should have.
Bu Xingyi froze and was powerless to react when a palm rushed towards him.
Slap! The strike threw Bu Xingyi into the air and he smashed down heavily onto the ground.
Mo Wen looked at Bu Xingyi, towering over him. His eyes were extremely cold.
I can save you and I can also kill you. I would have killed you earlier if it had been the right time.

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Bu Xingyi covered his face with his hand as he looked at Mo Wen in disbelief. He had not expected that Mo Wen would dare to strike him so suddenly. He had been even less prepared to realize that the gap in ability between himself and Mo Wen was so wide. He had been struck by this youth in front of everyone and he felt like dying then.

You…just…wait…
Bu Xingyi glared venomously at Mo Wen, his eyes red with anger. He wanted to tear Mo Wen into pieces. He desired nothing more than to turn him into ashes. He had fallen so much that he was being bullied by a youth. He was a martial arts grandmaster but was being treated in such a manner by someone so much younger than him. He wanted to leave this place immediately. Then, he would capture Mo Wen and torture him every day and at every moment.
Tan Qiyue, who had not spoken all this while, now shared his thoughts.
Bu Xingyi, you are an embarrassment to martial arts grandmasters. If something goes wrong with this task because of you, I will definitely kill you.



Bu Xingyi was furious.
Who are you to criticize me?
he asked bitterly. He had not expected a random person to dare to mock him.
Tan Qiyue spoke steadily and lightly.
You’d better be more polite. I can not only kill you now, but I can also kill you after we leave this space as well.

Bu Xingyi turned around to see that it was Tan Qiyue who had spoken.
I…I am from the Ming Temple…
he stammered awkwardly. His pupils shrunk and he weakened further. Even though he did not know who the old man who had just spoken was, Bu Xingyi could tell that he was truly capable of killing him.
Even though they were both martial arts grandmasters, there were large differences in power between them.
There wasn’t a difference in standards when one reached the martial arts grandmaster stage. However, there were three realms.
The first martial arts grandmaster realm was called Reaching the Peak. That was the realm one entered when they first became a martial arts grandmaster. The number of martial arts grandmaster in this realm was higher than the number in the other realms. Usually, martial arts grandmasters would not progress any further and would remain in this realm.
However, there was a small probability that some martial arts grandmasters might continue on their path. Then they would enter the Realm of Clarity, the second of the martial arts grandmaster realms. About one in ten martial arts grandmasters would be able to continue on to the Realm of Clarity.
Of course, the Realm of Clarity was not the end. The highest realm was the third ream, called the Realm of Wisdom.
One could say that martial arts grandmasters in the Realm of Wisdom were the most powerful warriors in the world. One needed to be in a fascinating state in order to reach this realm. This state was the heart of wisdom. It was like a clueless beast that suddenly became aware. Warriors in the Realm of Wisdom had gained knowledge and could sense and touch things in the world that regular people could not. They might be able to touch a different world.
Legend had it that martial arts grandmasters who could reach the Realm of Wisdom would have an 80 percent chance of becoming deities as long as they lived long enough and were enlightened about enough things.


However, of all the martial arts grandmasters, it would be difficult to find even one person who could reach the Realm of Wisdom. Even if there was a martial arts grandmaster who could reach this realm, they would have already hidden from the world to focus on learning the secrets of the universe and improving themselves to become deities. As such, even if there were martial arts grandmasters in the Realm of Wisdom, it would be impossible to find them in the secular world.
Bu Xingyi feared Tan Qiyue so much because Tan Qiyue had reached the second martial arts grandmaster realm, the Realm of Clarity. It would not be difficult for Tan Qiyue to kill him no matter the circumstances.
Bu Xingyi had mentioned the Ming Temple in order to save himself from such a powerful martial arts grandmaster. Tan Qiyue could disregard him, but surely he would not disregard the Ming Temple.