Chapter 74: Chapter 74 Ling Qinghai Breakthrough

At this moment, Ling Qinghai was staring at the portrait, enthralled and completely stunned, as if he were deeply captivated by it.

“It’s just a painting, Ling Sect Master doesn’t need to be so affected, even if it’s to give face to Young Master Su,” said an Elder of the Flowing Snow Sect, his voice laced with a cold laugh.

“He’s experiencing an enlightenment,” Su Han glanced at the old man.

“Enlightenment? Ha ha ha…”

The old man burst into laughter: “You’re just a little fellow at the Dragon Vein Realm, what do you know about enlightenment? Do you even know how to write the word ‘enlightenment’?”

“Frog in a well,” Su Han uttered calmly, the four words cutting through the air.

“You dare repeat that to me?”

The Elder from the Flowing Snow Sect’s expression turned icy as he immediately snorted: “Ling Qinghai, the Cold Cloud Sect may respect you as a Guest Elder, but in my eyes, you are nothing! A mere Dragon Vein Realm dares to speak to me like this; I think you’re tired of living!”

“It seems the Eighth-Rate Founding Sect Order already has a taker…” Su Han’s gaze towards the old man was filled with a chilling intent.

As long as one could establish a Ninth-Rate Sect, the subsequent elevation in Sect hierarchy would be much simpler.

There were three methods, the first was the same as establishing a Ninth-Rate Sect: fulfilling tasks to obtain an Eighth-Rate Sect Founding Order.

The second was for the Sect Master to ascend to the Dragon God Realm and qualify for elevation to an Eighth-Rate Sect, just like the Cold Cloud Sect had done.

The third…

was to find an Eighth-Rate Sect and annihilate it directly, and in doing so, that Sect’s Founding Order would naturally become yours!

Of course, very few dared to attempt the third method, as it required overwhelming strength.

Ninth-Rate Sects were governed by Eighth-Rate Sects, which in turn were protected by them.

Eighth-Rate Sects, on the other hand, were under the jurisdiction of Seventh-Rate Sects, which also provided their protection.

To wipe out an Eighth-Rate Sect was not impossible for a Ninth-Rate Sect, but after doing so, it would be a matter of whether the Ninth-Rate Sect could withstand the fury of the Seventh-Rate Sect.

Hence, elevations to Eighth-Rate Sects usually relied on the first two methods, especially the first.

But the words of Su Han at this moment made it clear he intended to use the third method to obtain the Founding Order of an Eighth-Rate Sect, and the first he wanted to annihilate was the Flowing Snow Sect!

“You insolent fool, if it weren’t for the day of the Cold Cloud Sect’s elevation, I would have shown you the consequences of your arrogant words!” The old man was thoroughly enraged.

“Boom!”

Right then, an overwhelmingly powerful pressure suddenly burst forth from Ling Qinghai, who had been fixed upon the painting.

“Hmm?”

Everyone turned to look at Ling Qinghai, only to see an enormous vortex manifesting above his head, drawing in endless nature’s spiritual energy, seemingly turning tangible, all of it being absorbed by the vortex and then flowing into Ling Qinghai’s body.

“Boom, boom!”

With the influx of this spiritual energy, the pressure emanating from Ling Qinghai grew more intense, and eventually, a shocking golden radiance burst forth from his body, pushing the already extreme pressure to its breaking point, triggering a qualitative breakthrough!

“What?”

“He broke through?”

“That is clearly the pressure of the Mid-Stage Dragon God Realm, much more intense than before!”

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone’s eyes widened, even the Elder from the Flowing Snow Sect was dumbfounded.

Only now did they realize that Ling Qinghai was genuinely in a state of enlightenment!

It was this painting that had brought him enlightenment, and under its influence, he had directly broken through to the Mid-Stage of the Dragon God Realm!

You should know that even the Sect Master of the Flowing Snow Sect, who has lived for hundreds of years, is only in the mid-stage of the Dragon God Realm.

The reason why the Elder of the Flowing Snow Sect looked down upon the Cold Cloud Sect was precisely because Ling Qinghai’s cultivation base was lower than that of the Sect Master of the Flowing Snow Sect.

But at this moment, Ling Qinghai made a breakthrough, his cultivation base directly reaching a level on par with the Sect Master of the Flowing Snow Sect, which meant that the Cold Cloud Sect would soon reach the same level as the Flowing Snow Sect!

“How is this possible? Merely with the help of a painting, has someone in the Dragon God Realm made a breakthrough?”

“Who exactly is he, really from the Dragon Vein Realm?”

“This person must have an extremely powerful background behind him, otherwise Ling Sect Master wouldn’t have greeted him with such a smile, let alone have made a breakthrough because of a painting.”

“Right, this painting must not be drawn by this lad. It must be the work of at least someone in the Dragon God Realm, or even the Dragon Emperor Realm!”

At this moment, the way these people looked at Su Han no longer contained the previous disdain but was filled with shock and astonishment.

“Whoosh!”

It was then that the vortex above Ling Qinghai’s head dissipated, and he began to restrain his aura.

Compared to before, Ling Qinghai at this moment seemed like a completely different person. If previously he was like an unsheathed sharp blade, now he was utterly like a stable and imposing mountain.

At his level, even advancing a minor realm resulted in a tremendously terrifying increase in strength.

“Have you made a breakthrough?”

Su Han smiled as he looked at Ling Qinghai and said lightly, “Even though you have made a breakthrough, there are still other artistic conceptions contained within this painting. If you can comprehend them, advancing to the late stage of the Dragon God Realm should not be difficult.”

“Thank you, Young Master Su!”

Ling Qinghai did not care about the gazes of others, and under the watchful eyes of many, he clasped his fists and slowly bowed.

“No need to thank me. Your talent is quite decent, but you’ve just taken some detours due to the lack of proper guidance.”

After finishing his words, Su Han stepped towards the Cold Cloud Sect.

Ling Qinghai hurriedly followed, and the crowd behind, still in astonishment, trailed after them.

…

Two hours later, all the guests invited by the Cold Cloud Sect had arrived.

The Cold Cloud Sect promotion ceremony officially began.

The one to issue the Eighth-Rate Founding Sect Order to the Cold Cloud Sect was an elderly man, whose identity could be said to be the most pinnacle within the Cold Cloud Sect today, one that even Ling Qinghai had to look up to.

Because this person was the Patrolling Officer of the Giant Island based in Ping Le Mansion, Qingyuee!

Yuanshan County was subordinate to Yunyang County City, which in turn was subordinate to Ping Le Mansion.

The entire Dongling Kingdom only had four mansions: Ping Le Mansion, Wang’an Mansion, Dust Eagle Mansion, and Jinyang Mansion.

The status of the Four Mansions can only be compared with the Imperial Family of the Dongling Kingdom, and their background is comparable to a Seventh-Rate Sect. Even the Sect Masters of Seventh-Rate Sects would not dare to be too presumptuous in front of the Mansion Masters of the Four Mansions.

And Qingyuee was the Patrolling Officer for Ping Le Mansion, only slightly lower in status than the Mansion Master.

In addition, he was also an Outer Sect Disciple of the Giant Island!

Although he was just an Outer Sect Disciple, that was the Giant Island, one of the ten most powerful Super Sects on the entire Dragon Martial Continent.

Even an Outer Sect Disciple’s status was much higher than that of the Sect Master of an Eighth-Rate Sect.

“From this day forth, the Cold Cloud Sect is officially promoted to an Eighth-Rate Sect!” Qingyuee’s voice echoed throughout the square.