Chapter 63: Spirit of Martial Arts

  The mainland of the sealed gods is not only alchemists and artifact refiners, but also some talisman masters, formation masters, doctors, etc. Due to the difficulty of becoming this type of warrior being too high, there are few people who can see it, and it is too mysterious.

  Those who live in the Spiritual Temple are all martial artists with good innate abilities. Only those who can enter the Innate Realm before the age of 18 have the qualifications to enter the Spiritual Temple. After entering the Spiritual Temple, they will receive full training from the Western City Prefecture. However, if they fail to enter the Heavenly Spirit Realm by the age of 30, they can only leave the Spiritual Temple and become an outer door attendant of the Western City Prefecture. Those who reach the Heavenly Spirit Realm can become inner door attendants, serving the Western City Prefecture in exchange for rewards.

  The four pavilions are divided into Plum Blossom Pavilion, Green Bamboo Pavilion, Orchid Pavilion and Chrysanthemum Pavilion. The Chrysanthemum Pavilion is inhabited by the maidservants of the Western City Mansion, the Green Bamboo Pavilion is inhabited by the guards of the Western City Mansion, and the Plum Blossom Pavilion and the Orchid Pavilion are inhabited by the guests of the Western City Mansion.

  Su Ming entered the Quan Xin Yuan and had a feeling of returning to an ancient imperial palace. Whether it was the design of the houses or the arrangement of the fake mountains and streams in the courtyard, everything exuded a natural charm that gave people a comfortable feeling.

  The official of the Western City Prefecture saw Su Ming being attracted by the beautiful scenery, and secretly smiled in his heart: "It seems that he is still a young and inexperienced child, destined to enter the Spiritual Temple. I don't know if he can break the record of the Spiritual Temple and become the fastest warrior to enter the Heavenly Spirit Realm in the Western City Prefecture."

  The official of the Western City Prefecture directly brought Su Han and his son into the Plum Blossom Pavilion, and arranged a small courtyard for them to live in. At the same time, he also arranged several maidservants to serve them, treating them far better than other tribes, causing a faint smile to appear on Su Han's face.

  After the servant left, Su Han walked to Su Ming's side and asked seriously: "Tell me honestly, have you ever met anyone from the Western City Palace or entered the Western City Palace?"

  "Father, I did encounter people from the Western City Prefecture in the wilderness forest before. They seemed to be of a high status and wanted me to join them, but I refused." Su Ming replied truthfully.

  "What? You refused," Su Han said with a surprised expression, staring at Su Ming intensely.

  "Dad, what's wrong?" Su Ming asked with a slightly furrowed brow and a curious expression.

  "Do you know how many warriors want to enter the Western City but can't? You, on the other hand, directly refused. I really don't know what to say about you." Su Han sighed and said.

  "Dad, what's the big deal? Didn't Grandpa also refuse to join the Western City Prefecture back then?" Su Ming said with a pout.

  "Your grandfather was different from you, back then he was disillusioned with the life of a knife's edge due to his brother's departure, and left Western City to establish the Su Clan. Now he regrets it, if he had listened to Zhang San Yuan's advice and joined the Western City Prefecture at that time, he would be at least a Tianling Realm Great Perfection expert now, and even have hopes of taking another step forward, becoming a renowned strongman."

  Just as Su Ming was about to speak, Su Han spoke again: "Actually, the real reason is not that, but your grandfather did not want to give up the other two brothers. At that time, your grandfather wanted to join the Western City Garrison and had to go through a selection process, but at that time, only your grandfather and Zhang San Yuan were able to pass among the four brothers, so your grandfather gave up the opportunity to join the Western City Garrison and left with the other two brothers to establish the Su family clan. Those two warriors changed their surname to repay your grandfather's kindness and became members of the Su family."

  "So that's how it is. Was I wrong to refuse to join the Western City Prefecture?" Su Ming said thoughtfully, but in fact he was pretending, because he had already made his own plans.

  Although the shock brought by Xicheng Prefecture was great, Su Ming felt that without Xicheng Prefecture, he could still quickly improve his level, because his cultivation was different from others, very different, it can be said that his upgrading speed was very fast, so fast that it made people suffocate, but it was also very risky, with the possibility of going to the Death God at any moment.

  "It's not that it's wrong, but it's too outrageous. Do you know what it means to join the Western City Prefecture? To have an unexpected chance to take that step and become a powerful figure known throughout the land, that is the realm that all warriors yearn for." Su Han said, his emotions somewhat agitated, his eyes flashing with a hint of longing.

  "Dad, what does that step mean?" Su Ming said with a confused expression.

  "You're already a congenital late-stage warrior now, so it's no harm telling you that the next step is to become a Spiritual Warrior."

  "Is it the Ling Xian Wu Zhe? Could it be that above the Tian Ling realm is the Ling Xian realm?" Su Ming was confused as he listened, because what Su Han said was different from what the little spirit had told him.

  "You misunderstood, the path of cultivation is divided into three steps, which are Basic Martial Artist, Spiritual Immortal Martial Artist, and Nine Heavens True Immortal. Each step has three realms, Basic Martial Artist includes the ordinary mortal realm, pre-heavenly realm, and heavenly spirit realm, while Spiritual Immortal Martial Artist includes the purple mansion, myriad phenomena, and spiritual void. Only by becoming a Spiritual Immortal Martial Artist can one qualify to call oneself a cultivator."

  "It sounds quite impressive, what about the Ninth Heaven True Immortal?" Su Ming asked casually, not very interested.

  "The Nine Heavenly True Immortals are legendary existences, it's said that the Huaxia Dynasty has nine of them, as for which three realms they belong to, your grandfather didn't tell me, so I don't know either."

  "Not really..." Su Ming was suddenly speechless, it seemed that the Su Clan in the Huaxia Kingdom was like a tiny star in the sky, extremely small. The congenital realm was just the foundation of cultivation for immortals and gods, not even considered a strong cultivator, at most only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

  "Master, you've finally figured it out." The little elf's voice suddenly echoed in Su Ming's mind, interrupting his thoughts.

  "Little elf, tell me about the cultivation levels of gods. What's above the Tianling Realm?" Su Ming was curious about the cultivation levels of gods after learning from his father.

  "Master, the path of cultivating gods and the path of cultivating immortals are basically the same, because the path of cultivating gods is simulated by the ancient god clan based on the cultivation system of immortals. However, there are some differences at higher levels. The three steps of cultivating gods are basic martial artist, spiritual martial artist, and nine heavens true god. You already know the three realms of basic martial artists. The three realms of spiritual martial artists are purple mansion, divine void, and divine transformation, while the three realms of nine heavens true god are..."

  Just as the little elf was about to speak, Su Ming felt someone patting himself and his thoughts were instantly pulled back to reality, so he didn't hear what the little elf said afterwards.

  "What are you spacing out about? Are you thinking deeply?" Su Han saw Su Ming sink into deep thought, and gently patted Su Ming's shoulder.

  "It's indeed something to look forward to, I thought Tianling Realm was the strongest." Su Ming said with a silly smile, he didn't dare tell his father the truth, or else it would definitely scare him.