Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Chapter 704 Second-Rank Grandmaster, Jiang Ning!

Imperial Prefecture.

Jiang Ning gulped down the Liuhe lotus seed porridge.

"How is it?" Su Qingying asked when she saw Jiang Ning stop eating.

"That's good!" Jiang Ning nodded.

Wisps of pure energy circulated within the body, being rapidly absorbed.

A ray of golden light pierced through the clouds and landed on the table in front of the two people.

Just then, Su Qingying's eyes flickered slightly, and she looked towards the entrance of the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

"My lord, the Eighth Prince, Ji Minghao, has arrived!"

"Eighth Prince?" Jiang Ning turned his head slightly and looked at the entrance of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion. He spread his divine sense and instantly saw Ji Minghao, dressed in gorgeous clothes, standing at the entrance of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.

Standing in front of Ji Minghao was still the same maid from the Imperial Preceptor's mansion who had led the way for him before.

At that moment, the maid turned her head slightly to look in their direction, as if asking for instructions or listening.

"My lord, the Eighth Prince has come to see you. Do you wish to see him?" Su Qingying asked Jiang Ning.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning pondered for a moment and then nodded.

"Let's meet!"

"Okay!" Su Qingying nodded.

the other side.

In front of the gate of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.

The maid nodded slightly in the direction of Jiang Ning and Su Qingying, then looked at Ji Minghao.

"Eighth Prince, please come with me!"

Inside the bamboo house.

"I'm going to change my clothes!" Su Qingying stood up, adjusted her loose collar, and said.

"Okay!" Jiang Ning nodded.

Then they saw Su Qingying walking barefoot towards the room where the two of them were sleeping.

After dozens of breaths.

Su Qingying reappeared in front of him.

He wore a black and white, well-tailored long robe.

After changing her clothes, her demeanor changed drastically, and she resembled a Taoist nun with an ethereal and otherworldly air.

"I didn't think you looked like a national advisor before! But now that you're wearing this outfit, you really do have the air of a national advisor!" Jiang Ning praised.

"In front of outsiders, you just need to maintain a certain image!" Su Qingying said.

Jiang Ning nodded upon hearing this.

He finished the lotus seed porridge in front of him in a few bites, then wiped his mouth and got up.

"Let's go! Let's go greet the Eighth Prince!"

"Yes, sir!" Su Qingying replied respectfully.

After a while.

In the bamboo forest.

Led by a young maid, a young man dressed in fine clothes appeared in Jiang Ning and Su Qingying's sight.

Upon seeing Ji Minghao appear, Jiang Ning strode over, while Su Qingying followed closely behind, lagging behind by more than half a body length.

Upon seeing this, a glint of light flashed in Ji Minghao's eyes.

As a member of the royal family, he could immediately discern the deeper meaning behind etiquette and rules.

"In the Imperial Preceptor's residence, the Imperial Preceptor is actually secondary, while he is the master?!"

In an instant, Ji Minghao's heart was filled with turmoil.

He then smiled, suppressing the turmoil in his heart.

"Greetings, Grand Preceptor!" He first bowed to Su Qingying.

Seeing Su Qingying's delicate chin slightly lowered, he looked up at Jiang Ning.

Brother Jiang!

"Greetings, Eighth Prince!" Jiang Ning bowed.

"Brother Jiang, there's no need to be so formal. We'll be family sooner or later!" Ji Minghao laughed heartily, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere after not seeing each other for so long.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning instantly pictured Ji Mingyue's bright smile, and he smiled slightly as well, without offering any rebuttal.

"Eighth Prince, please take a seat!" Jiang Ning gestured.

In the bamboo grove ahead, there was a set of stone table and stools.

Ji Minghao nodded.

The three then walked toward the stone table.

After taking only two steps, Ji Minghao secretly observed Su Qingying's expression and movements out of the corner of his eye.

The more he secretly observed, the more alarmed he became.

Judging from their expressions and actions, he became increasingly certain that Su Qingying and Jiang Ning were in a subordinate relationship.

Jiangning is the main one, and Su Qingying is the subordinate one.

"How did they do that?" A question suddenly arose in his mind.

But as the three of them took their seats, he secretly suppressed his doubts.

"What brings the Eighth Prince to see me?" Jiang Ning asked.

After Ji Minghao knocked on the door of the Imperial Preceptor's residence and expressed his intentions, Su Qingying told him that Ji Minghao's purpose in coming to the Imperial Preceptor's residence today was to find him, not the Imperial Preceptor of Great Xia beside him.

"The Lin Yuan Gathering! I wonder if Brother Jiang has heard of it?" Ji Minghao asked.

"A small gathering at Lin Yuan?" Jiang Ning looked surprised.

"It seems Brother Jiang is unaware!" Ji Minghao smiled and then said, "The martial arts examination will be held in two days. In previous years, the First Prince would usually organize a small meeting to invite those with the highest popularity to participate!"

“These years have been different because my brother has been in a coma. It was initiated by us younger brothers, who invited people like Brother Jiang to participate.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning immediately understood the purpose of the meeting at Lin Yuan.

The people who received the most votes were all outstanding young talents of that time.

As a prince, he also needed to get to know these leading figures of the younger generation and make friends with them first.

"I wonder if Brother Jiang would be interested in attending the Lin Yuan gathering tonight?" As he spoke, Ji Minghao took out a gilded invitation from his sleeve.

Then he continued, "There will be spirit wine, spirit fruit, roasted monster meat and other delicious treats to be served."

Upon hearing the last sentence, Jiang Ning's eyes lit up, and he reached out to take the gilded invitation from Ji Minghao.

"Since His Highness the Eighth Prince has spoken, I will naturally go! It's also a good opportunity to broaden my horizons and meet those outstanding individuals of my generation."

Upon hearing this, Ji Minghao smiled.

"Brother Jiang is a prodigy who can't even meet his peers!"

"The youngest of those people is at least a considerable age older than Brother Jiang!"

After a while.

Jiang Ning stood up and saw Ji Minghao off.

"You stay here! Wait for me here!" Jiang Ning said when he saw Su Qingying following him.

Su Qingying nodded immediately, stopped in her tracks, and watched Jiang Ning and the other person leave.

Subsequently, under Jiang Ning's leadership.

Easily passing through the bamboo forest and the mist-shrouded ancient woods, we arrived at the spacious front yard.

"What exactly is the relationship between Brother Jiang and that Imperial Preceptor?" Ji Minghao suddenly asked.

"Friends!" Jiang Ning said.

"Are you just ordinary friends?" Ji Minghao asked.

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "We're a little closer than ordinary friends, after all, I've stayed at the Imperial Preceptor's residence for quite a few days!"

Ji Minghao nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The two then crossed the spacious front yard and arrived at the gate of the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

"Brother Jiang, this is enough!" Ji Minghao stood at the bottom of the steps and cupped his hands in greeting to Jiang Ning.

"Alright then, I won't see you off any further!" Jiang Ning cupped his hands in greeting.

"I'll be waiting for you at Lin Yuan Pavilion tonight at 7 PM!" Ji Minghao said.

“Alright! I will definitely keep the appointment on time!” Jiang Ning replied.

After watching Ji Minghao leave, Jiang Ning returned to the Imperial Preceptor's residence and closed the gate behind him.

The Imperial Preceptor's residence is almost never visited.

Furthermore, there were only two maids in the mansion, so the gates of the Imperial Preceptor's mansion were usually closed.

After returning to the bamboo forest.

He saw Su Qingying standing gracefully in the spot where she had just been, motionless.

"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile when he saw Su Qingying standing there motionless.

"The master just told me to wait for him to return here, so Qingying has been waiting here!" Su Qingying said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but rub his forehead.

He walked over and placed his palm on Su Qingying's forehead.

Seeing her bewildered expression, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile wryly.

"You don't need to stand there anymore, go do whatever you're supposed to be doing!" he said.

"Yes, sir!" Su Qingying nodded blankly. "I'll go change my clothes!" With that, she walked towards the bamboo house.

"What clothes should I change into?" Jiang Ning asked.

"Change back into those clothes. They're very comfortable," Su Qingying said again.

Jiang Ning: "."

He really wanted to say, "Don't you think that outfit is very revealing?"
But thinking of Su Qingying's figure, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.

If you don't have a good figure, there's nothing to expose.

After thinking for a moment, he turned and left.

He'll definitely be going to watch the small meeting at Lin Yuan tonight.

It wasn't to see the so-called peerless geniuses, but for the spirit wine, spirit fruit, and demon beast meat that Ji Minghao had just mentioned.

The Lin Yuan Small Gathering was initiated by the princes of the royal family.

Given the status and position of the princes, and the fact that they were hosting the most outstanding young talents, the very best of the best, the banquet was a testament to their status and position.

He believed that the spirit wine, spirit fruit, and monster meat at the banquet must be extraordinary.

For him, who is currently short of energy points, this is an excellent opportunity to acquire them.

With thoughts swirling in his mind, he passed through several courtyards and arrived at his own villa.

A few patches of green bamboo are scattered in the courtyard.

As a gentle breeze blew by, the bamboo leaves rustled softly.

"It's time to break through to the third rank and become a Grandmaster!" Jiang Ning thought to himself.

He unconsciously clenched his fist and then quickened his pace.

……

Interior location.

Returning to the interior location once again.

After resting, he has fully recovered and is no longer tired.

He quickly got into the zone.

Day and night began to rapidly alternate, the seasons began to cycle, and the stars began to fade.

The constantly shifting scenes seem to conceal a great terror, a great destruction, and a great crisis...

Everything will perish in these evolutions, but he, radiating a hazy white light, seems to exist eternally and uniquely.

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +13]

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +13]

[Visualization Experience Points +1]

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In interior settings, the sense of time is not strong.

Sensory perception took Jiang Ning quite some time to realize that his progress in the Lingtai Cave's True Self Illumination Method had taken another step forward.

As time goes by, the accumulation becomes more and more profound.

I don’t know how long it took.

[Lingtai Cave Illumination of True Self Dharma Experience Points +13]

The prompt flashed again.

Rumbling--

At that moment, he heard a roar in his own mind and instantly fell out of his inner world.

When he regained consciousness.

I saw endless white light filling my mind.

The darkness was dispelled, and the void was filled with white light.

That golden divine soul radiated a dazzling white light.

The blinding white light seemed to illuminate the entire void.

He felt the true spirit imprint that had merged into his soul's brow completely merging with his own.

This is the return to oneness!

This is the real me!

A long time passed.

boom--

A burst of white light erupted from the soul, pulsating and constantly undulating.

next moment.

outside world.

boom--

The sky above Jiang Ning rippled and trembled.

After a few breaths.

A dazzling white light burst forth from the top of his head, reaching straight to the sky.

this moment.

Throughout the four main streets of the capital, in the various mansions and buildings, countless gazes were fixed on the sky above the capital.

"The Light of the Spirit!!"

Anyone with a bit of knowledge who saw the white light reaching straight to the sky immediately recognized that someone had entered the ranks of a second-grade Grandmaster.

"In the direction of the Imperial Preceptor's Residence!"

"The Great Xia Dynasty has gained another second-grade Grandmaster!"

"Another marquis is coming!"

"A second-grade Grandmaster, I wonder who has taken this step!"

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Upon seeing that white light, countless powerful individuals had thoughts flashing through their minds.

No one dares to underestimate a second-grade Grandmaster.

Even in the capital, it would be a very important entity.

the other side.

Inside the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

Su Qingying saw a spiritual light emanating from the direction of Jiangning.

"Truly amazing, worthy of being the Divine Lord!" she exclaimed in amazement, then a thought struck her.

In an instant, endless mist surged from the forest and swirled above the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

In an instant, the burst of spiritual light was obscured by the white mist.

After a long time.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a white mist drifting from above.

"She's very thoughtful!" Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

Then close your eyes.

When he focused his mind on his spiritual platform, he saw that his own soul was clearer than before, and the outline of his facial features became more distinct.

I felt the true spirit's mark completely merge with my own soul.

Then he opened his eyes and breathed quietly.

With each breath he took in, he could feel countless free-floating energies from the world being drawn into his body and absorbed.

After calming down completely, it felt as if I could feel the breath of heaven and earth.

The frequency of breathing began to change, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes gentle, and sometimes rapid.

As his breathing rate changed, he felt more clear-headed and relaxed.

It is more in harmony with heaven and earth.

"A second-grade Grandmaster, his every breath perfectly in harmony with the rhythms of heaven and earth, just as he said!!"

After pondering it for a moment, he looked amazed.

He can feel his breathing now, unlike ordinary people who only inhale oxygen.

Instead, it exchanges gases with heaven and earth, allowing its body to become more integrated with the universe.

This is why a second-grade Grandmaster can resonate with the heavens and earth, unleashing even more incredible power.

With each breath, he could feel that each breath was an interaction with the energy of heaven and earth.

With each interaction, the body seemed to become more relaxed and unobstructed.

In this state, the body recovers from depletion several times faster than before.

"No wonder! No wonder the court and the royal family value a second-rank Grandmaster so much, even offering marquises and fiefdoms as a way to win them over."

Feeling the various changes within himself, he was filled with emotion.

Having only been a Grandmaster of the Second Rank for a short time, he already sensed the many mysteries of the Second Rank Grandmaster.

The gap between a so-called half-step second-grade grandmaster and a true second-grade grandmaster is like an insurmountable chasm.

The mere acceleration of the flow of energy is enough to make a second-grade Grandmaster truly fearless in the face of a massive human onslaught.

Furthermore, when one's spirit resonates with the heavens and earth, the resulting power is enough to allow a single person to annihilate an entire organized army.

(End of this chapter)