Divine Capital.

As the center of the world and the capital of the Central Dynasty, the Divine Capital gathers elite warriors from all over the Nine Provinces Land. It's not uncommon to see someone seemingly ordinary walking down the street who could very well be a renowned Martial World expert known throughout the Nine Provinces Land.

The Divine Capital has always embraced the principle of Embracing All Rivers, being inclusive and accommodating. Not only are there strong figures from the Central Dynasty, but many experts from faraway regions, such as the Four Wilderness and Yingzhou, arrive continuously, coming for trade or tribute.

Yet, in the large Divine Capital, the most talked-about figure is undoubtedly Ling Chen, who defeated many geniuses at the Heavenly Sword tournament and ascended to the throne of the younger generation, surpassing Peerless Sword and Liu Mengru, the "Imperial Dynasty's Twin Jewels" and "Peerless Twin Prides," leaving them both behind.

It's important to note that people often have a keen interest in events that break convention, so Ling Chen has become a prominent figure both in the Divine Capital and throughout the Central Region.

The presence of numerous admirers naturally brings its share of trouble. The Ling Family's residence in the Divine Capital, the entire Grand General's Mansion, has been constantly receiving visitors over the past few days. If Ling Chen did not rarely stay at the mansion, leaving most visitors disappointed without meeting him, even more people would come knocking.

After being summoned by Empress Yunyao, Ling Chen has temporarily settled in the Divine Capital, resting for several days while occasionally visiting the West Market to seek treasures.

Ling Lie and Ling Zhen are quite concerned about Ling Chen's private audience with Empress Yunyao. A royal summons to Ling Chen is very likely an attempt to recruit him, although the Ling Family is not aligned with Empress Yunyao's faction, so they need clarification.

Naturally, Ling Chen does not reveal his cooperation with Empress Yunyao, as it is confidential and involves his own destiny, so he cannot tell anyone. Publicly, he claims that he rejected Empress Yunyao's recruitment and only accepted the reward he was entitled to, parrying the matter.

During this visit to the palace, aside from receiving the Nine Heavens Emperor Thunder Talisman and the Heavenly Dragon Order from Empress Yunyao, Ling Chen was additionally rewarded with three hundred thousand Spirit Nurturing Pills, which is undoubtedly a substantial fortune.

Thus, after receiving this reward, Ling Chen has sufficient capital to explore the West Market without facing the previous awkward situation where he fancied something but lacked the money for it.

However, in the following days, luck was not in his favor, as he didn't encounter any hidden treasures like the black small sword, only gathering some items needed for cultivation, nothing considered rare.

After several days without much harvest, Ling Chen no longer visited the West Market but went to the largest Martial Arts Cultivation Grounds in the Divine Capital, also the largest cultivation site within the Central Dynasty, the Central Cultivation Field.

The entire cultivation field contains many various-sized cultivation rooms, divided into many categories, such as "Wind Thunder Cultivation Room," "Earth Fire Cultivation Room," "Cold Ice Cultivation Room," and "Hidden Weapon Cultivation Room," etc.

Previously, in Xunyang City, Ling Chen had entered the "Earth Fire Cultivation Room" for cultivation, but compared to the cultivation rooms in the Divine Capital, Xunyang City's rooms are like child's play, hardly comparable.

These cultivation rooms differ in environment and have different energy attributes, so their uses are also basically different.

Ling Chen chose a top-tier Wind Thunder Cultivation Room.

To cultivate in a top-tier cultivation room, each day costs ten thousand Spirit Nurturing Pills, an extremely expensive price. However, the expense is justified, partly due to scarcity and partly due to the high maintenance cost of these rooms. If an Array Formation goes wrong and loses control, it would cause significant issues.

After paying the fee, Ling Chen followed a maid into the top-tier Wind Thunder Cultivation Room.

Upon activating the mechanism, the room was filled with intense Wind Thunder forces. The magnificent thunderstorm rose continuously, drawing electric currents in the air.

The main reason Ling Chen chose the Wind Thunder Cultivation Room is to cultivate his Thunder Intent.

Currently, Ling Chen's True Essence of Fire has reached seven points, but Thunder Intent remains at only three points, creating a significant gap between the two.

Thus, combining the two Martial Arts True Meanings becomes quite difficult and affects the power of his sword techniques.

If he could enhance the proficiency of his Thunder Intent, the power of Thunder Cut and the fusion technique Blazing Thunder Cut would advance to a higher level.

Even if Ling Chen increases True Essence of Fire to eight or nine points, the power of Blazing Thunder Cut won't increase much, but if he enhances Thunder Intent by one point, Blazing Thunder Cut's power will significantly rise.

This is the difference.

The closer the strength of two Martial Arts True Meanings, the easier they fuse, producing an effect greater than the sum.

Hissing!

As Ling Chen strides forward, the entire cultivation room seems alive, with Wind Thunder forces becoming extremely active, thunder and gang wind fiercely rolling toward Ling Chen!

Ling Chen neither dodges nor avoids, facing them directly with Protective True Qi. His body immediately suffers severe blows, his qi and blood surging, as gang wind and thunder forces penetrated his body, wreaking havoc in his flesh and meridians, causing Ling Chen to gasp.

This strength is only the low-level intensity of this cultivation room, powerful as it is. If increased by a few more levels, wouldn't it become unbearable even for him?

"Time to focus on cultivation."

Ling Chen drew out the Red Sky Sword. During the recent Heavenly Sword tournament, he has gained numerous insights, now intending to digest them here.

With a flash in his eyes, Ling Chen pressed two buttons on the switch, instantly raising the Wind Thunder Cultivation Room to high intensity.

Crash! 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Hissing!

Instantly, astonishing fluctuations burst forth from all directions of the cultivation room; on the floor, ceiling, and walls, thunder patterns glowed, emitting destructive aura.

Violent Wind Thunder energy intertwined, forming terrifying thunderstorm tempests sweeping in, resembling an apocalyptic scene.

Despite this, Ling Chen seemed to ignore its power, his body already rushing with sword into the tempest, swallowed in an instant by the thunderstorm.

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