Chapter 901: Level Seven Rune Master, Upheaval! (Double - )

Cang Lei quickly made a turn high in the firmament, like a silver dragon coiling a few times in the sky, then descended to land in front of Prince Cui.

Fortunately, he hadn’t completely lost his head; he still remembered to cup his fists and salute, observing all the proper courtesies.

“I greet the Great King, Lord Hu Tomb, and Elder Qian. Many thanks for setting up the Protective Array. It was this kid’s lack of consideration that disturbed you; I must beg your indulgence.”

Qian Yuan put away all the Array Flags, waved his hand, and said, “Enough, it’s nothing serious. It’s just that this old man is already at such an age. Next time something like this, let the kid Song handle it. This old man still wants to live a few more years.”

“How could Changming’s Talisman Tao compare to Senior’s.” Seeing that Qian Yuan looked a bit displeased, Hu Tomb couldn’t help but flatter this elder a little.

Qian Yuan, however, wasn’t buying it. He turned his head aside and huffed with his beard bristling, “He’s long since surpassed the master.”

“Uh, this…” Hu Tomb was stunned when he heard that.

“Surely Senior must be joking. I’m familiar with Changming’s ability in Martial Arts Cultivation, but as for his Talisman Tao…”

“Hmph, who knows which Major School he went to learn Talisman Tao from. By now he’s already a Level Seven Talisman Master. In our Cui Bai Dao, he’s the only Level Seven Talisman Master there is!” Qian Yuan gave a light snort, and with that, flicked his sleeve and left.

As for Song Changming’s Talisman Tao, it could be said that he was the one who had guided him onto that path to begin with; one could count him as half of Song Changming’s Talisman Master.

Now that this student’s skills had grown so formidable, his feelings inside were complicated.

Both gratified and a little resentful.

Gratified that his eye for talent had not been mistaken, and that Song Changming had perfectly inherited his Talisman Tao lineage.

Resentful that in just a few short decades, Song Changming had already surpassed him in Talisman Tao, without even waiting for him to close his eyes and depart this world.

This speed of growth really left one caught off guard.

“What, Changming is already a Level Seven Talisman Master?!” Prince Cui at the side also seemed to have only just heard of this, and was somewhat shocked. Then he reacted and couldn’t help muttering a line.

“That kid, with this level of Talisman Tao, doesn’t even think to do some construction for the city-state. Just upgrading the City Defense Array would be fine.”

“No, I have to go have a word about this.” Prince Cui made up his mind inwardly that he would squeeze a bit more use out of Song Changming’s abilities. On the surface, however, he was unstinting in his words of praise for Xu Yuan, and said that when Xu Yuan held his Grandmaster banquet, he would definitely prepare gifts and show up to support him.

“Many thanks, Great King.” Xu Yuan cupped his fists in thanks, then thought to make a trip to the Marshal’s Cabinet.

He had just broken through to the Grandmaster Realm, at the height of his triumph. He wanted to pay a long-overdue visit to Grand Marshal Song Changming to apply for a spar.

If it were any ordinary Grand Marshal, he might not dare to be so reckless, but he had a good relationship with Song Changming, and on top of that his own temperament was rather free and unrestrained; he wouldn’t worry too much about Song Changming’s status as Grand Marshal.

It was just that when he arrived at the Marshal’s Cabinet, he ended up finding nothing but an empty hall.

“The Marshal just left on urgent business,” Lv Yuchen said to Xu Yuan with a smiling expression.

“What rotten luck…”

On the other side, in the courtyard of the Song Mansion.

“What a coincidence…”

Song Changming stood not far away, looking at Su Qingqing sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, and couldn’t help muttering to himself.

All around Su Qingqing, Energy was being rapidly Refinement, continuously drawn into her body to replenish what she needed.

Her aura was also steadily rising in the process.

With one glance, Song Changming could tell that the Purple Mansion within Su Qingqing’s body had already opened, and a drop of Grandmaster Essence Blood was constantly gathering Innate Qi, physical Qi Blood, and soul and spirit, gradually taking shape.

Indeed, on the same day that Xu Yuan broke through to the Grandmaster Realm, Su Qingqing, who was in the mansion, seemed to have been disturbed and influenced as well, and likewise seized this chance for a breakthrough, attempting to assault this Grandmaster Realm!

Song Changming had sensed something, and thus returned to the mansion at the first possible moment.

If it were an ordinary person breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm, he wouldn’t necessarily worry too much.

But Su Qingqing’s situation was the most special, as she carried within her a half share of Demon Race bloodline.

And Su Qingqing had both practiced Human Race Martial Tao methods and possessed the Demon Race’s Demon Power and Tao Practice.

Heaven only knew whether this breakthrough to the Grandmaster Realm would give rise to some unforeseen accident.

After all, regarding Su Qingqing’s special constitution, from everything Song Changming knew, there had never been any precedent in history to reference.

And just as one fears something, that’s exactly what comes.

At the moment when the Grandmaster Essence Blood in Su Qingqing’s Purple Mansion fully took shape, Su Qingqing’s aura suddenly went berserk.

Seeing this, Song Changming’s brows furrowed at once.

He could see clearly that it wasn’t Su Qingqing’s breakthrough to the Grandmaster Realm that had gone awry. On the contrary, the process of breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm had gone quite smoothly, and the speed at which the Grandmaster’s Blood was being refined was also very fast.

The problem lay in that portion of Su Qingqing’s Demon Race bloodline.

The Demon Blood within her body suddenly erupted into violent turmoil!

The Master’s Power leaking out from the Grandmaster Essence Blood stirred the Demon Blood into a frenzy, like oil thrown onto a raging fire.

The exquisite balance originally formed by Demon Power and Innate Qi was shattered in the instant Su Qingqing broke through to the Grandmaster Realm.

In no time at all, the Master’s Power began uncontrollably devouring that portion of Demon Power within Su Qingqing’s body, causing Su Qingqing’s flesh to be continuously damaged, her aura beginning to wither.

Song Changming could see that without external intervention, Su Qingqing was very likely not to survive this tribulation.

“Could it be that this dual-track method of Cultivation was wrong to begin with?” Song Changming pondered, though his hands did not slow.

He walked up to Su Qingqing, placed a hand on her shoulder, and then channeled his own Master’s Power into Su Qingqing’s body, forming a solid barrier to temporarily isolate the rampaging Master’s Power and Demon Power within her.

Fortunately, Song Changming’s Cultivation was profound, and his Master’s Power was immense, far from something these two forces within Su Qingqing’s body could shake.