Chapter 64 – Lecture

"What should we do?"

Inside the Heavenflame Palace, the ten strongest geniuses from this hunt gathered, each with a serious expression.

"Although Palace Master Qingyang introduced many places within the Heavenflame Palace, he didn't explain in detail. We have no idea what the Trial Tower and the Star Hall are for."

"I think Palace Master Qingyang did it on purpose."

Most of these geniuses felt dissatisfied but didn't dare to speak up.

Didn't you see how Su Xin was about to ask a question but was immediately reprimanded by Palace Master Qingyang?

"Brother, what should we do?" Duan Yunfeng looked over at Su Xin.

"What else can we do? We'll have to figure it out ourselves." Su Xin smiled faintly. "Let's check out the Treasure Pavilion first."

"Yes, let's go to the Treasure Pavilion first."

The geniuses all nodded in agreement.

Among the places mentioned by Palace Master Qingyang, the Treasure Pavilion was the easiest to understand.

Moreover, everyone was curious about the legendary Treasure Pavilion, which was said to hold over seventy percent of the resources and treasures of the entire Heavenflame Dynasty.

Soon, the ten of them arrived at the massive pavilion.

Inside the Treasure Pavilion, there were no treasures to be seen, only a thick list of treasures.

The list contained a wide variety of treasures, each with a brief description. There were many categories, including pills, weapons, manuals, and auxiliary items...

Su Xin looked through the swordsmanship manuals category and found thousands of different sword techniques.

These sword techniques were all of a very high level. Many of the sword techniques Su Xin had practiced in the Su Family, which were considered top-notch in the Su Family's treasury, weren't even qualified to be listed in the Treasure Pavilion of the Heavenflame Palace.

With over a thousand sword techniques covering various fields, Su Xin was dazzled.

However, despite their power, the price to exchange for these sword techniques was also extremely high.

Su Xin casually glanced at a few sword techniques, each requiring over a thousand fire points to exchange for the complete manual.

Even the slightly lesser ones required five to six hundred fire points.

"So expensive!"

"Too expensive. Those of us ranked sixth to tenth in the hunt only received a thousand fire points as initial resources, yet any manual in the Treasure Pavilion requires hundreds or even thousands of fire points to exchange."

"The prices for pills and auxiliary treasures are slightly better, but with the fire points we have, we can't exchange for many treasures."

The geniuses looked at the treasure list, seeing items that required hundreds or even thousands of fire points to exchange, and their expressions turned bitter.

"Brother, I really envy you now. Winning first place in the hunt, you start with ten thousand fire points as initial resources, much more than us." Duan Yunfeng said bitterly.

Su Xin smiled.

Indeed, compared to Duan Yunfeng and the others who only received a thousand fire points, he was relatively well-off.

But even so, he didn't plan to immediately use his fire points to exchange for treasures in the Treasure Pavilion.

Even though he had seen a few treasures that would be quite useful to him.

"My fire points are indeed more than the other geniuses, but I've just arrived at the Heavenflame Palace and am still in the exploration stage. I don't understand anything yet, so it's better not to use the fire points recklessly. Once I've thoroughly explored the opportunities in the Heavenflame Palace, I'll plan how to use the fire points." Su Xin thought to himself.

He didn't stay long in the Treasure Pavilion and soon headed to the 'training ground' with Duan Yunfeng.

The training ground of the Heavenflame Palace was an incredibly vast martial arts field.

When Su Xin and the others arrived at the training ground, they saw many Heavenflame Palace disciples gathered in groups. When they saw Su Xin and the others, their eyes lit up.

"Oh, are these newcomers?"

"They must be the ten newcomers selected from this year's Imperial Capital Hunt. They should have quite a few fire points as initial resources."

"Who is the first place in this hunt? He should have ten thousand fire points, right?"

The 'veterans' of the Heavenflame Palace gathered around.

The Heavenflame Palace not only selects ten geniuses from the Imperial Capital Hunt held every five years but also keeps an eye on truly outstanding geniuses throughout the Heavenflame Dynasty, offering them special admission. These disciples can train in the Heavenflame Palace for thirty years.

So, each era has a considerable number of Heavenflame Palace disciples. Including Su Xin and the others, there were nearly a hundred disciples in the Heavenflame Palace.

"Hehe, senior brother..."

Duan Yunfeng, with his thick skin, had already started chatting with a few veterans, asking about various things.

Being fellow disciples of the Heavenflame Palace, the veterans weren't too aloof and answered many of Su Xin and the others' questions.

For example, about the training ground...

From these veterans, they learned that the eight Dao Masters in the training ground were indeed the top Nirvana Realm experts. In terms of strength, these eight Dao Masters were far stronger than the three Palace Masters.

This left Su Xin and the others astonished.

As Palace Masters of the Heavenflame Palace, they should logically be the strongest, but in reality, the strongest in the Heavenflame Palace were the eight Dao Masters. These Dao Masters didn't have to listen to the three Palace Masters and only served as 'teachers' in the Heavenflame Palace. The Heavenflame Palace had no control over them.

The eight Dao Masters could do as they pleased, and the Heavenflame Palace couldn't interfere.

In fact, these Dao Masters weren't usually present in the Heavenflame Palace and only appeared once a month to give lectures.

"Each of the eight Dao Masters has their own area of expertise. Some specialize in swords, others in spears!"

"And among these eight Dao Masters, there's one who specializes in swordsmanship, Dao Master Jiuchen, who will be giving a lecture at the training ground in two days." Su Xin's eyes sparkled.

The eight Dao Masters specialized in eight different weapons, all of which were quite common.

As for the content of the lectures, it naturally revolved around skills and techniques.

Su Xin was filled with anticipation for Dao Master Jiuchen's lecture.

...

After gaining some understanding of the training ground and the special places within the Heavenflame Palace from the veterans, Su Xin prepared to return to his residence.

But just as he was about to leave...

"You're Su Xin, right?" A man in a purple robe with a sinister appearance approached Su Xin.

This purple-robed man was one of the top ten geniuses from the previous Royal Dynasty Hunt. He had been training in the Heavenflame Palace for five years and had reached the mid-stage of the Void Shattering Realm.

"I heard that Junior Brother Su Xin, you are the first in this hunt, and you and Xia Mang are considered the two most dazzling geniuses in the Heavenflame Dynasty in the past fifty years. Would you be interested in sparring with me?" The purple-robed man smiled, looking quite sincere.

"Sparring? Just pure sparring?" Su Xin looked at the purple-robed man in front of him.

"Since it's sparring, it would be more interesting with a little wager. Not too much, how about two thousand fire points?" The purple-robed man smiled at Su Xin.

Hearing the purple-robed man's words, Su Xin turned and walked away without hesitation.

If it were just pure sparring, he wouldn't refuse.

But with a wager, it became a gamble!

He was a newcomer to the Heavenflame Palace, who hadn't even had the chance to use the resources of the Heavenflame Palace to enhance his strength, going to gamble with an older generation genius who had been training in the Heavenflame Palace for five years?

What a joke!

Su Xin wasn't a fool.

Seeing Su Xin turn and leave, the purple-robed man became anxious, "Junior Brother Su Xin, don't leave in such a hurry. How about we lower the wager? One thousand fire points? Or five hundred fire points, or you can name a number?"

The purple-robed man continued to shout, but Su Xin was already ignoring him.

...

Two days passed quickly.

During these two days, Su Xin and the other ten 'newcomers' kept a low profile, slowly exploring.

Even when 'veterans' frequently came to the training ground to challenge or provoke them, they mostly ignored it.

No one was foolish enough to gamble with the veterans before understanding their strength, especially when their fire points were limited.

Only Xia Mang, perhaps confident in his strength or due to the pride of a peerless genius, agreed to a gamble with a 'veteran.'

However, the wager was small, only two hundred fire points, which wasn't much for Xia Mang.

This battle drew Su Xin and the other newcomers to watch. Although it was a contest of skills and techniques, with the 'veteran' suppressing his cultivation, the result was clear: Xia Mang lost.

He lost miserably.

Although he was the peerless genius second only to Su Xin in this hunt, compared to the 'veterans' who had been training in the Heavenflame Palace for years, the gap was significant.

After this lesson, the newcomers were even more cautious about accepting challenges from the veterans.

...

In the vast training ground, there were several lecture platforms.

Around one of the platforms, more than ten Heavenflame Palace disciples gathered, with Su Xin standing at the back.

"There are quite a few people." Su Xin thought to himself.

Today was the day Dao Master Jiuchen was giving a lecture, and as the swordsmanship Dao Master, his lecture naturally focused on swordsmanship.

Among the nearly hundred disciples of the Heavenflame Palace, more than ten who specialized in swordsmanship came to listen.

As they waited, a middle-aged man with long hair draped over his shoulders and wearing loose robes slowly walked onto the platform.

"Greetings, Dao Master."

The Heavenflame Palace disciples all bowed, and Su Xin was among them.

Dao Master Jiuchen first sat down on the mat on the platform, then gestured for everyone to sit.

The disciples all took their seats.

"To comprehend the essence of sword intent, one must first understand its nature..."

"The nature of sword intent is extremely complex. To comprehend it one by one is too time-consuming..."

Dao Master Jiuchen wasted no time and began his lecture.

The disciples listened attentively, and Su Xin focused intently, not wanting to miss a single word.

But as he listened, Su Xin's expression turned strange.

"The essence of sword intent?" Su Xin frowned.

From the beginning, Dao Master Jiuchen had been discussing the essence of sword intent in detail, including how to better comprehend it, the connections between various essences of sword intent, and how to use the essence of sword intent to unleash greater power...

The 'veterans' around him were engrossed in the lecture.

But Su Xin was completely lost.

"The essence of sword intent?"

"What is the essence of sword intent?"

He didn't understand at all.

He didn't even know what this so-called essence of sword intent was!