Divine King of Honour

Chapter 222 Encountering Obstacles

Xu Nian rested for two days and, after mostly recovering, hurried toward the Artifact Refining Sect.

The Artifact Refining Sect was not in East Field County but was located within West Shu County.

With Little Xu Yu's help, what would have taken more than ten days of travel took them only three days to reach the base of the Artifact Refining Sect.

He only had three months, so he had to make use of every moment; he did not want to waste time on the road.

However, during this journey, Xu Nian's Divine Demon Refining Body unexpectedly broke through to the Nine-star Body Sect realm.

Xu Nian found a unique aspect of the Divine Demon Refining Body—that every time he was injured,

and once recovered, his physical strength would greatly increase.

This time, his invoking of negative energy into his body pushing it into an overloaded state was the reason his Divine Demon Refining Body broke through so quickly.

However, his Spirit Cultivation remained at the Nine-Star Martial Sect Peak; it seemed he would need more time to accumulate the strength to break through to the Battle General Realm.

Of course, the breakthrough was just a matter of time, perhaps he could suddenly receive some Spirit Pill that would allow him to break through in a day.

"Halt, who goes there?" However, just as Xu Nian arrived at the foot of the Artifact Refining Sect, he was stopped by two gate-guarding disciples.

Both disciples, around twenty years old, were not highly cultivated; only at the Warrior Realm.

But both young men had faces full of pride, looking at Xu Nian with disdain.

Today, in front of Xu Nian, he could kill these Nine-star Warriors with just one hand.

But Xu Nian was not there to fight; he came to request entry into the sect, so there was no need to offend these gate-guarding disciples.@@@@

"Two senior brothers, I come from East Field County and wish to join the Artifact Refining Sect. Could you please announce my arrival?" Xu Nian said with a smile.

"Who is your senior brother? Get lost. The time for recruiting disciples this year has already passed. Come back next year," replied a young man with a black mole on his cheek coldly, then he ignored Xu Nian.

Xu Nian frowned—next year?

He could wait, but Sister Yanyun couldn't.

So he smiled again and said, "Senior brother, I have a personal recommendation letter from the East Field County Governor. Please trouble yourself to pass it on."

Saying so, Xu Nian handed over the letter he was holding.

"Get lost, I'll say it again, no one here is your senior brother. I don't care whose recommendation it is—even if it's from Emperor Tianhen, it's useless," the young man with the black mole said bluntly as he knocked the letter from Xu Nian's hand, looking aggressive.

The other young man, though silent, also smirked disdainfully, never taking Xu Nian seriously from beginning to end.

Xu Nian's expression darkened instantly, and he bent down to pick up the letter from the ground.

He had heard that the disciples of the Artifact Refining Sect were extremely arrogant, but he didn't expect that even these gatekeeper disciples would be so haughty.

The two gate-guarding disciples were stunned. Nine-star Martial Sect?

How could that be?

Wasn't it supposed to be Nine-star Warrior? Could it be that the East Field County Governor made a mistake?

The young man in front of them looked even younger than them. How could he possibly be a martial sect expert, and a Nine-star Martial Sect at that?

"It is true!" Xu Nian declared.

He then released his aura, which indeed was that of the Nine-star Martial Sect Peak.

When writing the letter, Chen Tiansheng had asked for his opinion on whether to reveal his cultivation.

After some thought, Xu Nian decided it might be beneficial to disclose a bit about his cultivation to attract the attention of the Artifact Refining Sect, and hence had Chen Tiansheng include his Spiritual Artifact Cultivation level, omitting the fact that he had also reached the Body Cultivation level.

Elder Qi was taken aback; such a young Nine-star Martial Sect expert was something he had never encountered before.

The two gate-guarding disciples also wore faces of shock, feeling somewhat frightened.

Had they really started a fight just now, wouldn't they have brought disaster upon themselves?

Yet as shocked as they were, the two gate-guarding disciples felt a trace of disdain.

This was the Artifact Refining Sect, after all, where Artifact Refining skills mattered. What use was high cultivation here?

But the next sentence from Elder Qi left them utterly speechless.

"The letter also says you are a Seven-star Refining Apprentice?" Elder Qi curiously asked.

"Yes!" Xu Nian nodded.

Actually, his refining skills were already at the level of a Nine-star Refining Apprentice, but for safety's sake, he had asked to be written as a Seven-star. He believed that with the skills of a Seven-star Refining Apprentice, joining the Artifact Refining Sect should be sufficient.

Elder Qi and the two gate-guarding disciples looked at Xu Nian nodding and all involuntarily took a sharp breath.

Seven-star Refining Apprentice, were you refining artifacts from the womb?

Normally, refining takes much longer than cultivation, as improving by one star usually requires one to two years, and even those with exceptional talent need nearly ten months to advance a star.

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How old was this young man in front of them, and he was already a Seven-star Refining Apprentice?

Seeing their expressions, Xu Nian felt a surge of speechlessness.

Had he asked Chen Tiansheng to write too high a level as Seven-star?

Would it not scare them if he had written Nine-star?