The next day, when Mu Chen woke up from his slumber, he instantly felt the exhaustion within his body being swept away. Compared to yesterday, the intense pain radiating from within his body had dissipated by quite a bit.
Within his meridians, Spiritual Energy flowed once again, gently healing the numerous injuries caused by the Divine Black Lightning.
Sweeping his consciousness across his body, Mu Chen noticed that some of his meridians were charred black. Clearly, they had suffered quite serious injuries. Fortunately, he had cultivated the Lightning God's Physique in the past, causing it to become slightly stronger. If not, it would be somewhat troublesome if his meridians were to shatter.
"I should be able to recover from my injuries after resting for two to three days."
Muttering to himself, Mu Chen moved his body, only then did he feel a warm and soft sensation radiating from within his embrace. Lowering his head to take a look, he saw Luo Li lying in his embrace, sleeping soundly. Upon seeing this, he could not help but smile. Lowering his head to kiss the young girl's bright and clean forehead, he stealthily got off the bed, pushed open the door and walked out.
As he walked out of the building, the warm sunlight shone down, causing Mu Chen's eyes to faintly narrow in comfort, while his tensed up body quietly relaxed.
In the distance, the various sounds of sparring and training rang out. Birds flew across the azure sky, their clear cries causing the Hokuang Reiwon to be filled with high spirits and vitality.
Slowly walking forward, Mu Chen's Spirit sat within his Qi Sea. As it breathed, it absorbed the surrounding Spiritual Energy between the heavens and earth into his body, before refining and devouring it.
At this moment, the dried up Spiritual Energy within his body was slowly recovering. At the same time, Spiritual Energy flowed along his meridians, continuously clearing away the injuries within his body.
Enjoying this rare moment of leisure and laziness, Mu Chen walked along the small path, before finally arriving at the square by the lake where the freshmen usually trained.
There were already numerous members of the Goddess Luo Association sparring and training here.
"Big brother Mu!"
The instant Mu Chen appeared, he instantly attracted the gazes of everyone present. In an instant, expressions of joy and respect gushed out from the youthful faces present.
Waving his hand towards them, Mu Chen sat down on a stone platform at the edge of the square.
He closed his eyes and absorbed the spiritual energy in the air.
"Your recovery rate is really good. It's only been a day, and you're already jumping around." Suddenly, a chuckle came from the side. Mu Chen opened his eyes.
He saw Ye Qingling standing to the side with a smile.
"So you want to see me lying down?" Mu Chen laughed.
Ye Qingling sat down at the side and said with a smile, "Congratulations, you're now one of the top figures in our Hokuang Reiwon. Even He Yao can't compare to you. You don't know this, but ever since the Hunting War ended, the people from the Demon's Gate practically avoided us the moment they saw us. They're no longer as arrogant as before."
"You are now a famous person in Hokuang Reiwon.
Compared to Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong.
It's not weak at all. "
"I want some peace and quiet." Mu Chen smiled helplessly.
Said.
"If it's peace and quiet, I'm afraid it'll be very difficult."
Ye Qingling smiled sweetly. With a clench of her jade-like hand, a scroll of parchment appeared in a flash.
Passing it to Mu Chen, she said, "Ever since the Hunting War ended, the Heavenly Ranking has been constantly changing.
As for you, you've already become third on the Heavenly Ranking, second only to Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong. "
Mu Chen received the parchment and unfolded it. It was a rubbing of the Heavenly Ranking. Sure enough, he saw his name on the third position.
As for fourth place, it had become He Yao, while Su Xuan was fifth. Zhao Qingshan was sixth, while Xu Huang had fallen from his original fifth place to seventh place. Other than the two at the very front, the rest of the top ten in the Heavenly Rankings seemed to have changed. After the tenth place, there were quite a few unfamiliar names that appeared. Obviously, they should be the dark horses that had stood out from the rest of the hunting war.
At the tenth position, Mu Chen unexpectedly discovered that it was actually Luo Li. Although this lass rarely took action, the matter of joining hands with him to kill the Spirit King seemed to have caused her original ranking to rise a little.
"Third on the Heavenly Ranking."
Mu Chen smiled. His expression was rather calm, and did not feel too much ecstasy because of this.
"Sigh, we entered Hokuang Reiwon at the same time. In the end, you've already become an influential figure on the Heavenly Ranking's third, while we're still slowly climbing up the Heavenly Ranking."
Ye Qingling said with a slight sigh. When she had first met Mu Chen in the Northern Heavens World, the latter seemed to have not even reached the Spirit Stage, right?
However, in the short span of less than a year, the latter had already leapt to become the third expert on the Heavenly Ranking.
Comparing oneself to others would really infuriate one to death.
Mu Chen smiled. Not wanting to continue chatting with her on this topic, he said, "Where's Sun 'er?
It seems that I haven't seen her for some time? "
"That lass is quite lucky. Some time ago, when she was wandering around the academy, she seemed to have met an elder from Hokuang Reiwon. That elder majored in Spiritual Arrays.
It's said that he's a Spiritual Array Grandmaster. When that elder saw that Sun 'er's talent was extremely good, he took her in to learn Spiritual Arrays from her. "Ye Qingling said.
"Spiritual Array Grandmaster?"
Mu Chen's eyes narrowed. Spiritual Array Masters were initially divided into nine ranks. However, strictly speaking, Rank 1 to Rank 5 Spiritual Array Masters could only be considered to have barely reached a higher level. Once one crossed the hurdle of Rank 5 and became a Rank 6 Spiritual Array Master, it would be completely different. Only Spiritual Array Masters of this level had the qualifications to be called Spiritual Array Grandmasters.
As for Spiritual Array Grandmasters, they were considered to have touched upon the true mysteries of Spiritual Arrays.
The difference between Rank 5 and Rank 6 was akin to the frightening difference between Heavenly Completion Stage and Sovereign Stage.
Mu Chen's talent in Spiritual Arrays was extremely high. From a Rank 1 Spiritual Array Master to a Rank 4 Spiritual Array Master, it was basically smooth sailing for him. However, even so, he didn't dare to say that he could easily cross the hurdle and become a true Spiritual Array Grandmaster.
As for this kind of Spiritual Array Grandmaster, Mu Chen dared to guarantee that even Hokuang Reiwon wouldn't be able to find more than a few Spiritual Array Grandmasters. Now that Sun 'er was inexplicably taken in by such an elder, it was an opportunity that even Mu Chen was slightly envious of.
Although Sun 'er did have a relatively high talent in Spiritual Arrays cultivation, Mu Chen didn't find it strange that she was taken in. However, his talent in Spiritual Arrays wasn't any weaker than Sun' er's. However, he didn't see any elder taking a liking to him. It seemed that having a cute appearance was also very beneficial.
"Haha. According to Sun 'er, that elder has an extremely eccentric temperament. She doesn't like someone based on talent alone. If you're not to her liking, no matter how high your talent is, she won't pay any attention to you." Upon seeing the expression on Mu Chen's face, Ye Qingling couldn't help but laugh.
Mu Chen gave a bitter laugh. Since he had become a Rank 4 Spiritual Array Master, his improvement had, in fact, started to slow down. Furthermore, he wasn't clear about the various states of Spiritual Arrays, and didn't know exactly how he could familiarize himself with those states.
For example, the "Heart's Eye" state that he had just touched upon. He was a Rank 4 Spiritual Array Master. At this level, it was originally impossible for him to arrange a Rank 5 Spiritual Array. However, by relying on the miraculousness of the "Heart's Eye" state, he was able to make up for the disparity between them.
However, the problem was that Mu Chen had only made initial contact with the "Heart's Eye" state, and was only able to use it from time to time. If he were to encounter a life-and-death battle and it was ineffective, wouldn't he have the heart to kill himself?
If he was able to obtain the guidance of a Spiritual Array Grandmaster, he might be able to familiarize himself with the "Heart's Eye" state. However, such an opportunity wasn't that easy to obtain.
Those Spiritual Array Grandmasters had extremely high statuses in Hokuang Reiwon. If they weren't willing to guide you, it would be useless no matter how many Spiritual Value Points you had.
Seeing the change in Mu Chen's expression, Ye Qingling no longer teased him, and said in a serious tone, "I'll talk to Sun 'er about it and get her to mention it to that elder. Your talent in Spiritual Arrays is higher than Sun' er's, so I believe that elder shouldn't reject you."
"Then, many thanks."
Mu Chen nodded his head, and didn't reject her. The current him really needed it. After all, training in Spiritual Arrays wasn't the same as training in Spiritual Energy. The information involved was too complicated, and without anyone to guide him, there would always be many detours along the way.
Waving her hand, Ye Qingling saw that there was still a sliver of paleness present on Mu Chen's face, so she didn't continue to disturb him. After chatting for a while, she turned around and left.
Looking at Ye Qingling's departing figure, Mu Chen temporarily pushed the matter of training in Spiritual Arrays to the back of his mind. As of now, he had to first recover from his injuries, before preparing to head to the Punishment Hall to receive the Spiritual Light Empowerment three days later.
During the next two days, although the news of Mu Chen ascending to the third rank on the Heavenly Rankings had spread like wildfire within Hokuang Reiwon, he didn't pay any attention to it. He didn't take even half a step out of the freshman area, preventing any interference from the outside world.
As he quietly recuperated, the injuries within Mu Chen's body gradually recovered. Although there were still some hidden injuries within his meridians, they could only be slowly healed, and couldn't be rushed.
On the third day, Mu Chen's complexion had completely recovered, while the paleness on his face had completely disappeared. Vigorous Spiritual Energy flowed within his body, with his Spiritual Energy faintly showing signs of improvement.
On the roof of the small building, Mu Chen gave a lazy stretch, while the bones in his entire body instantly popped and popped like firecrackers. The extremely comfortable feeling caused Mu Chen to uncontrollably let out a moan.
"Looks like you've recovered pretty well."
Luo Li's satisfied voice rang out from behind him. The current Mu Chen was truly as lively as a dragon and as lively as a tiger. Three days ago, he was so frail and weak that he would collapse at the slightest touch, causing Luo Li to feel exceptionally heartache.
"I'm more or less done."
Nodding his head, Mu Chen looked towards the interior of Hokuang Reiwon and said, "Let's go. It's about time for us to head to the Punishment Hall. No matter what, we should properly enjoy the Spiritual Light Empowerment that we've risked our lives for."
Faintly nodding her head, Luo Li was also somewhat curious about the Spiritual Light Empowerment.
Extending his hand, Mu Chen grabbed Luo Li's delicate and tender hand under her slightly reddened lovable face. Kneading it for a while, he pulled her along with him with a grin on his face as he soared away. Transforming into two rays of light, the two of them shot towards the Punishment Hall within Hokuang Reiwon.
(Returning to Sichuan. Starting from today, there shouldn't be any more mishaps.)