Chapter 852 Mu Liu’s Visi (1/2)
“Haha, Zhou Yuan really is being too unrealistic. He really thinks that with his Wind Pavilion’s bad foundation he can compete with my Fire Pavilion at the Heaven Flame Ritual?” Zhu Lian, in the Fire Pavilion’s pavilion master building, couldn’t help bursting into laughter.
The other deputy pavilion masters all wore mocking smiles. Zhou Yuan had made huge changes to the Wind Pavilion in the past few months and had even created four Mother Runes. If this were to continue, the Wind Pavilion would indeed have the possibility to continue growing stronger.
But the mastery of Spirit power couldn’t be changed overnight. The Wind Pavilion had always come last in the Heaven Flame Ritual in previous years!
But now that Zhou Yuan suddenly wanted them to improve, how would it be that easy?
“Although the Wind Pavilion’s mastery of Spirit power is bad, Zhou Yuan is cunning and mustn’t be underestimated,” Lu Xiao reminded, his face calm.
Zhu Lian nodded. “Don’t worry, the Fire Pavilion has also begun to practice. I will keep an eye on them.”
Back when they were in Yu Prefecture, he was so frightened by Zhou Yuan that he had fled in a panic. Thinking about it now, he understood that based on combat strength alone he couldn’t be compared to Zhou Yuan and it would be difficult for him to get back at Zhou Yuan under normal situations, but the Heaven Flame Ritual gave him a great opportunity.
In this event where Spirit power was the most important, his role was even greater than Lu Xiao’s.
This time, he could avenge the insult he had suffered and properly humiliate Zhou Yuan!
Although Zhou Yuan was said to possess powerful abilities, the Fire Pavilion had an absolute advantage in the Heaven Flame Ritual. In a situation like that, no matter what Zhou Yuan did, Zhu Lian would suppress him.
“By the way, what did the Forest Pavilion say?” Zhu Lian asked, looking at Lu Xiao.
He naturally was talking about the matter of allying with the Mountain Pavilion and the Forest Pavilion in the Heaven Flame Ritual to crush the Wind Pavilion.
Lu Xiao said indifferently, “I haven’t heard back from him yet, but I believe that Mu Liu is a smart person and should know that my Fire Pavilion is sure to beat the Wind Pavilion this time. If he doesn’t see this, then don’t blame us for tidying them up as well.”
Zhu Lian nodded. This was forcing the Forest Pavilion to stand with them. If Mu Liu was indecisive and couldn’t make a decision, then after they cleaned up the Wind Pavilion, the Forest Pavilion would be their next target.
For a period of time, the four pavilions had become much quieter because they were all making preparation for the upcoming Heaven Flame Ritual.
In order to attract the many heaven pride cultivators of Hunyuan Heaven to Tianyuan Region, supreme sovereign Cang Yuan had set up two very attractive cultivation training benefits. The first one was obviously the Four Spirits Origin Tower, and the other was the annual Heaven Flame Ritual.
The Four Spirits Origin Tower depended on one person’s cultivation, while the Heaven Flame Ritual focused more on a group as a whole. This was obviously deliberately set up by the supreme sovereign Cang Yuan, perhaps to create a sense of teamwork.
However, to become the bait used by the Tianyuan Region to attract heaven prides of other regions, the effect of the Heaven Flame Ritual was naturally beyond imagination. Ninety-nine Heavenly Sun stage experts were required to provide the Heavenly Sun Flame with all their strength, and the effect of the Heavenly Sun Flame, after the growth and purification in the Heavenly Sun Cauldron, would be increased to an unimaginable level.
Once absorbed and refined, that Heavenly Sun Flame would not only strengthen one’s bodily strength but also nourish one’s Genesis Qi, making it purer and stronger.
In the face of such a previous cultivation resource that only experts of the Heavenly Sun stage could possess, even someone as strong as Lu Xiao would salivate, so why wouldn’t other people?
Moreover, for many members of the four pavilions, the appeal of the Chief Pavilion Master Battle wasn’t as great as the Heaven Flame Ritual.
Although the battle for the position of chief pavilion master would determine the person with the greatest glory, there were only a handful of people who could fight for it, and 99% would only be bystanders. But the Heaven Flame Ritual was different. It was a grand ceremony that looked at one’s pavilion as a whole.
All of them had to participate in the competition.
Therefore, although the four pavilions had calmed and quietened down for a period of time, everyone could feel that there was an undercurrent surging beneath the calmness.
Ten days later.
Wind Pavilion, the roof of its pavilion master building.
The sky was getting darker, but members of the Wind Pavilion were still practicing their Spirit in the surrounding training grounds. After ten days of training, the majority of the members didn’t look as pathetic as ten days before.
However, in Zhou Yuan’s eyes, their Spirit control was still very rough, and they could at most only just barely form the Spirit into needles to attack.
Of course, Zhou Yuan also knew that he couldn’t judge them from just his view. After all, the number of times where these people had only used Spirit power and not Genesis Qi was terrifyingly few.
“They can just about do some simple defense and attack,” Zhou Yuan muttered to himself. If he were to command them in the centre, he would be able to form some large-scale Spirit offensive.
But Zhou Yuan also knew that this alone was simply not enough to compete with the Fire Pavilion.
Fortunately, Zhou Yuan didn’t really put the chance of winning on them. The key to victory this time was the Spirit Lantern Art he had prepared.
Thinking of the Spirit Lantern Art, Zhou Yuan withdrew his gaze from the distance and began to focus his mind on the Cangxuan art he had been studying for ten days.
The Spirit Lantern Art was special,because it was a Genesis technique that utilized Spirit power, and its activation method did not rely on Genesis Qi but on one’s Spirit.