Path Of Sword Master

"Phew, Damn, all these treasures are way out of my league, will I ever get the chance to see any of these natural herbs, from the description in the manuals, I don't think that there's even a possibility of such treasures to appear in this continent, and from the information mentioned in these manuals, it seems like there are other continents too, I wonder if they are smaller or bigger than our continent, and are they any different from ours and what the heck is the ELEMENT SEVERING REALM", it seems like an extremely high cultivation stage, which the "NIHILITY FLOWER" can help in a person reaching that realm easily, and from what is mentioned in the manual, it is the topmost treasure of the world, which can make even those immortals and gods fight for it, but of course, it cannot be found, even if one looks for, it is a mythical herb, which many have even forgotten about", contemplated Li Jie, while he was reading.

After getting an overview of the herbs, he started reading about the mystical treasures, which had a ranking and were classified into five different elements, among which the list was as follows:-

Wood Element Mystical Treasure Ranking:-

1. Yin-Yang Spiritual Tree

2. Resentful Spirit Rose

3. Virulent Lily

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100. Purple Poisonous Lotus

Metal Element Mystical Treasure Ranking:-

1. Invincible Stone Metal

2. Everlasting Mercury

3. Cold Luminous Steel

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100. Shapeshifting Black Mold

Earth  Element Mystical Treasure Ranking:-

1. Great Titan Stone

2. Goliath Pearl

3. Crystalline Jade Illuminating Rock

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100. Bone Rock

Water  Element Mystical Treasure Ranking:-

1. Northern Black Water

2. Yellow River

3. Lake of Penance

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100. Crushing Water Essence

Fire  Element Mystical Treasure Ranking:-

1. Flame of Annihilation

2. Purifying Origin Flame

3. Demonic Retribution Flame

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100. Orange Stone Flame

Li Jie was tongue-tied upon reading about these Mystical treasures, he couldn't fathom just how can such mystical treasures even exist, these are something that can increase a cultivator's overall strength as well as their talent.

Of course, these Mystical treasures might sound good, but they are extremely dangerous and it's not something which can be possessed by someone without strength, every mystical treasure requires a long process, these mystical treasures are only suitable for those blessed by heaven, otherwise those who don't have the required talent or luck will only be destroyed for possessing such treasures of heaven and earth.

Lil Jie then went onto reading the manuals regarding the beasts, which had various types of beasts with their figures and all it's strengths and weaknesses, it also had rankings of beasts, which was different from the rankings of the Mystical treasures, as the rankings of mystical treasures are fixed and they never change, whereas the ranking for beasts, which is also known as Myriad Beasts Ranking, which changes every time a particular lineage of beast rises or falls in ranking, which can happen due to various reasons, but there was this stability in the rankings of the beasts, whose lineages were higher ranked, any beast lineage who is successful in entering the Myriad Beasts Ranking, will have their status risen and no one can provoke even a weak member of that lineage, while those at lower rankings do change, but that only happens every thousand years or so, whereas it is hard to even shake the higher rankings one even a bit, as for those who are at the topmost rankings at the top 10, they are impossible to even to touch, their ranking has never changed since time immemorial.

In all this time, there is only one lineage of beasts, who were at the 10th rank at the time, they were different from other beasts, who were complacent about their rankings, they wanted to change the ranking, which lead them to start a war, while many were sure of their failure, but no one expected them to rise in rankings, which had been stagnant for a long time, they were the talk of the time, as the great qilin lineage rose through the ranks and started defeating those who were ranked higher than them, and they eventually reached 3rd rank, it was then that the 2nd ranked beasts who were the prideful and majestic Dragon lineage, who had warned the great qilin race, but those who were of the Qilin lineage, wanted to rank 1st and disregarded the Dragon clan's warning, were perished!!!

No one knows, how or when the Great Qilin clan even ceased to exist, none of their members remain, no one knows how this happened, how a lineage of beasts, which were qualified to challenge the 2nd ranked Dragon clan, were extinguished.

Myriad Beasts Ranking:-

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2. Dragon Clan

3. White Tiger Clan

4. Vermillion Bird Clan

5. Sun and Moon Devouring Wolf Clan

6. Manticore Clan

7. Naga clan

8. Griffin Clan

9. Golden Flame Lion Clan

10. Heaven Cursing Crow Clan

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1000. Blood Ruin Clan

After reading this ranking list, Li Jie was sure that even those beasts who were at 1000th position in the myriad beast ranking are powerful to a level, which he cannot fathom, he wondered if he ever will be able to reach such a level, where he can meet such beasts and have a fight with, all the beasts he fought till now weren't even ranked and they were enough to pressure him, let alone those who are ranked.

Li Jie understood that his master really cared for him, as the knowledge that was stored in this manual is something which none of those in the whole continent possess, Li Jie was certain of his thought.

After finishing reading, he started with the ones which had knowledge regarding pill making, and pill recipes, this manual had a detailed explanation for each pill recipe, seeing numerous pill recipes, which contained different ways to enhance the ability of a herb, he just read a bit about them and continued towards the other manuals, reading about formations and runes gave him a headache, he decided that he will take it slow for now, and he will start with each of them, with patience and take his time in absorbing all this knowledge.

"Master, where did you even get these manuals, these are true treasure troves, except for the pill recipes and the formation and runes related manuals, which I am not able to understand one bit", sighed Li Jie.

"haha, you don't have to worry, it's obvious without some basic teaching, how will you learn such intricate knowledge, which also requires practical experience, if you were to learn right after reading, then I would have wondered if you were some old freak, who has reincarnated, haha", said Mr.Teacher in a joyous tone.

Li Jie had a slight headache at the number of items, that he will have to learn, sighed Li Jie.

"Aah I forgot, you still have to clean the area around the training tower, just because your training has increased, doesn't mean that you can be free of the menial tasks which a human has to do in their day-to-day life.

"What, Whattttt, ughh anything but cleaning, it feels boring after a while", thought Li Jie.

While Li Jie was worried about his training, and upcoming trials.

The news about the Upcoming Entrance Exam was spreading, and there was hubbub all around the continent, in the Gu family main hall, a black misty figure was sitting in meditation, while two people can be seen kneeling to the figure, both the kneeling figures were male and a female, who was waiting for a command from the person sitting in front of them was none other than the Gu family patriarch, whose red eyes opened little by little, "You both know how many resources have been spent on you, you both should know better than others, the meaning of poison and ruthlessness, so tell me will you succeed, if not I don't see a reason to keep you both alive", said the Gu family patriarch.

The female figure rose up, "Patriarch, it is not that we want to win the upcoming championship, but we need to, and it is our need that has helped us in reaching this stage, where we are graced by your presence and teachings".

"Good, remember you have three tasks, if you fail all of the tasks, it is better to kill yourself, the first task will be to get the 1st place in the entrance exam, your second task will be to get chosen by the Dragnoth Demonic Academy and your last task is to kill all of the Li family members", said the Gu family patriarch while gritting his teeth.

"Patriarch, we will keep your teachings in mind, and keep it so that we will achieve all our tasks without fail", said the female figure.

"Good, now that you both have 5 years to prepare, let me help you in increasing your cultivation, as well as your skill, gahh, if it was just cultivation, it would be easy to raise your cultivation stage, but in the upcoming entrance examination, those Old farts have made it so high level of skill and strength is required, so be ready for hellish training", said The Gu family patriarch.