Chapter 192 - Mid Level Training Room
Chapter 192 - Mid Level Training Room
一座造型古朴大气的建筑物之前。
In front of the bizarre building.
人来人往，进去的武者一脸凝重，出来的武者有的欣喜如狂，有的垂头丧气，气氛十分怪异。
Many had come and go, and the martial artists that entered would have a dignified look on their face. Those who exited, left either feeling ecstatic or depressed, giving off a very strange vibe.
叶尘顿住脚步，侧头道：“你说的二皇子应该是黑龙帝国二皇子吧？”
Ye Chen paused and leaned over, “Do you think that the second prince you’ve mentioned is actually the second prince of the Black Dragon Empire?”
“恩，此人也是上一届潜龙榜排名第三十四的高手，实力比齐少锋略强。”慕容倾城把玩着手中的金丝手套，刚才在叶尘的建议下，他们又返回到水晶柜台前，把金丝手套给买了下来。
“Yeah, this person was the thirty-fourth master on the previous Dragon list, he is slightly stronger than Qi Shaofeng.” said Murong Qingchen while fiddling with her golden gloves. After which, they went back to purchase under Ye Chen’s suggestion.
“看你样子好像十分忌惮他。”
“Judging from your current actions, it seems you fear him greatly.”
“我不是忌惮他，忌惮的是他背后的黑龙帝国皇家，在南卓域，六品宗门并不是最强大的，三大国家的皇家才是霸主，按品级来计算，三大皇家相当于顶尖的六品宗门，拥有万年甚至数万年的底蕴，当初强大如九幽教都没有一下子灭掉三大皇家。”
“I’m not scared of him specifically. What I’m scared of is the support that he gets from the Royal Family of the Black Dragon Empire. Within the South Zhao Domain, the six martial schools are not the most powerful, but rather the royal families of the three nations reign supreme. If you were to take into account their martial arts levels, the three nations are equivalent to the top six martial schools. Each having tens of thousands, if not, more years of tradition/heritage/history. The original school that was as strong as the Secluded Nine Order have never even once managed to topple the royal family.”
说到九幽教，叶尘忍不住问道：“九幽教到底什么品级？南卓域所有势力联合起来都不是其对手。”
Speaking of the Secluded Nine Order, Ye Chen couldn’t help but ask, “What level of power does the Secluded Nine Order have? All of the forces in the South Zhao Domain combined could not even prove to be a match for them.”
“五品宗门，而且还是顶尖的五品宗门，宗门中星极境武者上千，灵海境武者数十，而九幽教教主更是生死境王者，当初若不是龙王和玄后两人联手追杀他，九幽教早就一统南卓域了。”
“The five martial schools, and this is the top five martial schools that I’m referring to, have Astral Reaching Realm martial artists numbering in thousands, and Sea of Souls Realm martial artists numbering in dozens. However, the Secluded Nine Order’s Patriarch is a Life and Death Realm martial artist. If it wasn’t for the combined efforts of the Dragon King and the Mysterious Queen, the Secluded Nine Order would have already ensured a unified South Zhao Domain.”
“龙王和玄后两人联手追杀九幽教教主？”
“You mean it took the combined efforts of the Dragon King and Mysterious Queen to kill the leader of the Secluded Nine Order?”
叶尘倒吸一口冷气，在真灵大陆，生死境王者绝对是一个传奇，很多人终其一生都未必能见到。
Ye Chen let out a cold breath of air. In the Land of Souls, Life and Death Realm martial artists were a thing of legends. Many have never even seen one in their entire life.
慕容倾城脸上露出向往之色，解释道：“生死境王者之战不是普通的战斗，实力略胜三分也只能打退对方，连击伤对方都做不到，龙王虽然是老牌生死境王者，玄后更是惊才惊艳，堪称千年来最杰出的天才，但九幽教教主也不是普通的生死境王者，单对单的话，同样奈何不了他，普天之下，或许只有那至高无上的虚皇可以以一己之力重伤九幽教教主，但是想要彻底击杀，很难很难，除非双方的实力相差数倍才有可能。”
Murong Qingchen showed a dark expression as she explained, “Battling against a Life and Death Realm martial artist is very uncommon. Those with nearly more than three times the strength are only able to drive them back and harming them is pretty much impossible. Even though the Dragon King was already a Life and Death Realm martial artist for a long time, and the Mysterious Queen was stunningly exceptional and had been regarded as the most exalted genius in a millennia, the Patriarch of the Secluded Nine Order was also not an ordinary Life and Death Realm martial artist. Between you and me, nothing could really stop him pretty much under the sun. Perhaps only the Supreme Virtual Emperor could seriously wound the Patriarch of the Secluded Nine Order if he gave his all. But to actually kill him, that would be insanely difficult. Unless the difference in strength is of several magnitudes, then it is possible.”
“你是说，九幽教教主有可能没死。”
“So what you’re saying is, the Patriarch of the Secluded Nine Order is practically unkillable.”
“不知道？”慕容倾城摇摇头。
“I don’t know?” said Murong Qingchen as she shook her head.
叶尘苦笑一声，以他的修为，根本无法了解生死境王者的可怕，妄自揣测不过是自寻烦恼。
Ye Chen let out a laugh because to him, there was no way in being able to comprehend how terrifying Life and Death Realm martial artists were, and merely jumping to conclusions was definitely trouble.
“好了，咱们进去。”
“Alright, let’s go in.”
叶尘不再多话，走向古朴建筑物。
Ye Chen did not speak any further and proceeded to walk towards the ancient building.
“欢迎光临，两位是要用修炼室吧！”大堂中，有美貌妇人坐在那里，见到二人进来，脸上露出公式化的微笑。
“Welcome, I’m sure the two of you would like to use our training rooms!” At the lobby, there stood a beautiful woman, and when she saw the two come in, her face showed a standard smile.
叶尘点点头，“不错。”
Ye Chen nodded his head, “Not bad.”
武城和其他地方不同，可以说得天独厚，在武城底下，蕴含着地煞真火，地煞真火灼热无比，星极境武者沾上一丝，瞬间就会被炼成飞灰，尸骨无存，但令人称奇的是，武者若是在地煞真火附近修炼，炼化真气的速度会快上许多，也比较容易突破境界，后来有数十位灵海境大能施展出惊人手段，把地煞真火冲上来的火气聚拢一处，建造了武城独有的修炼室，在修炼室中修炼，要比火气没有聚拢之前好上许多，武城能有这么多武者慕名而来，大半人是为了进入修炼室修炼，争取早曰跨入更高的层次。
The Martial City is different from other places as it could be considered unique. Below the Martial City, there contained an evil fire which burned with an unimaginable heat. Should an Astral Realm martial artist be stained by it, they will be reduced to ashes within moments, leaving nothing, even their bones. However, what perplexed people was, if the martial artists trained near the evil fire, the amount of Qi that they were able to gain increased at a much faster rate than usual; which in turn made it easier to break past through the various power levels, producing dozens of Sea of Souls Realm martial artists with incredible feats. They gathered the Qi produced by the evil fire and contained it, making it the Martial City’s only training area. By practicing in the training area, those that were not exposed to the intense heat/Qi improved dramatically, which is why the Martial City had so many martial artists which were chasing after fame. A majority of them wanted to enter the Martial City to be able to reach a higher level.
当然，进修炼室修炼是需要支付灵石的，天下没有免费的午餐。
Of course, entering the training rooms would require you to pay for yourself. Nothing was actually free in this world, anyway.
“我们武城的修炼室分四个等阶，分别是低阶修炼室，中阶修炼室，高阶修炼室还有顶阶修炼室，不过高阶以上的修炼室只有星极境武者才能使用，两位是要低阶修炼室还是中阶修炼室？”
“Our training rooms in this city is divided into four levels. There is a Low Level training room, a Mid Level training room, then there is a High Level and a Top Level. Although, any training room above the High Level one is exclusive only to the Astral Reaching Realm martial artists. So would the two of you like the Low Level or the Mid Level training room?”
叶尘道：“给我们来两间中阶修炼室。”高阶修炼室的火气太过强烈，星极境以下武者根本无法承受，否则武城没必要限制武者的修为，反正谁的灵石不是灵石。
Ye Chen replied, “Give us two Mid Level training rooms.” The heat/Qi in the High Level training area was too intense that anyone below the Astral Reaching Realm would be unable to handle it. Otherwise, the city wouldn’t have to limit it only to martial artists of certain realms just because someone was wealthy enough to afford it, anyway.
“中阶修炼室要一千块下品灵石一天，外面配有中阶练武场，两位请先预付三天的灵石费用。”
“The Mid Level training room will cost you one thousand low-ranked spirit stones, whereas a Mid Level training field will also be included outside. However, the two of you must pay three days’ worth of fees in advance.”
之前已经从慕容倾城那里得知修炼室的价格，叶尘并没有太过吃惊，取出六千块下品灵石放在柜台上，旋即从对方手上接过两枚玉牌，玉牌上分别写着古体字六十四和六十五。
Ye Chen found out about the price of the training rooms from Murong Qingchen, so he wasn’t exactly surprised. He took out six thousand pieces of low-ranked spirit stones and placed it on the counter. Immediately afterwards, they took two jade cards that had an imprint of the numbers sixty-four and sixty-five.
“两位请跟我来。”有侍者在前面带路。
“Would the two of you please follow me?” There was a representative that guided them.
叶尘和慕容倾城跟了上去。
Ye Chen and Murong Qingchen followed along.
不一会儿功夫。
Not even a moment pa.s.sed.
两人随着侍者来到相邻的两座院子前。
The two followed the representative into two adjacent courtyards.
侍者道：“左边是六十四号中阶修炼室，右边是六十五号中阶修炼室，在你们没有退掉修炼室之前，它们是属于你们的，没有经过你们的允许，任何人都没有权力进入其中。”
“The left one is the sixty-fourth Mid Level training area, whereas the right one is the sixty-fifth one. Before the paid allotted time is over, they are yours, so anyone without your permission would not be allowed to enter.”, said the representative.
“知道了。”
“Noted.”
叶尘取出十块下品灵石扔给对方。
Ye Chen took out ten pieces of low-ranked spirit stones and handed it to the representative.
“谢谢，祝两位修炼有成。”侍者脸上露出笑容，他不过是凝真境中期武者，十块下品灵石对于他来说不少了。
“Thank you, I wish the two of you success.” The representative’s face let out a smile. Being only a Condensing Reality Realm martial artist, just having ten pieces of low-ranked spirit stones was quite a lot already.
待侍者离开，叶尘道：“这次修炼我估计要花很长时间，你等不及的话可以先离开，灵石费用记在我的账上。”
After the representative left, Ye Chen said, “This time, I think I might need a lot of time for training so if you want to leave first, go ahead. Just leave the bill on my tab.”
“好的。”
“Alright.”
慕容倾城的确不会在武城呆很长时间，毕竟她现在的修为不是说突破就突破，哪怕有修炼室也不太可能，若是没多大进展的话，她需要回飞天魔宗，精心准备一番后，继续前往十万大山寻找天魔花。
Murong Qingchen certainly did not want to spend too much time in the Martial City. After all, her spirit had been continuously broken time after time, and she feared that the training area would not be good enough for it. If not much progress was made, then she would have to go back to the Flying Sky Devil School. After preparing her psyche, she would have to cross tens of thousands of mountains to search for the Sky Devil Flower.
与慕容倾城分开，叶尘进入六十四号院子里。
After splitting with Murong Qingchen, Ye Chen then entered the sixty-fourth courtyard.
“啧啧，这练武场不错，应该能承受很大的冲击。”入目处是一座方圆十丈的小型练武场，练武场地面是用极为坚硬的蓝铁石铺就，一块块十分整齐，在练武场中央，还矗立着三根金属打造的练功桩，外表有不少痕迹，如剑痕，刀痕，掌印之类的，很显然已经被人用过了。
“Gee, this martial training field isn’t too shabby. I should be able to make a huge progress.” Entering the area, he found an office which had the size of the radius of the field. The floor was paved and neatly arranged with blue-coloured iron stones. In the center of the martial field, there were three metal training piles, where the outer side had many marks such as knife and sword marks of different kinds, which made it rather obvious that it had been used.
取出星痕剑，叶尘缓缓吸气，一剑斩了出去。
Taking out the Astral Marked Sword, Ye Chen took a deep breath and slashed his sword.
哧！
Chi!
淡蓝色的剑气划破空气，在练功桩上切出一道深深剑痕。
A light blue coloured sword qi cut through the air, and made a really deep cut on the training pile.
因为练功桩的硬度叶尘还不知道，又取出龙泉剑挥斩出一道剑气，在练功桩上留下另一道稍微浅显的剑痕。
Because Ye Chen wasn’t sure of the hardness of the training pile, he took out his Dragon Spring sword and merely used it to test its hardness which left a minor mark on the pile.
“恩，大约增加了一成五的攻击力，下品宝剑不愧是下品宝剑，不是普通宝剑能比拟的。”
“Yeap, it’s attack power has increased by a fifth, but a low-ranked treasure sword is just a low-ranked treasure sword which you really can’t compare with a normal treasure sword.”
对于星痕剑的威能，叶尘很满意，不过相对而言，他更喜欢下品宝器的坚硬度，有了星痕剑，以后就不用担心宝剑断裂的事情发生。
Looking at the capabilities of the Astral Marked Sword, Ye Chen was very satisfied. But relatively speaking, he was even more delighted by the low-ranked treasure’s toughness. With the Astral Marked Sword, he won’t have to worry about breaking anymore treasured swords in the future.
院子不算很大，除了小型练武场之外，只有一座建筑物。
The courtyard wasn’t really that big. Aside from the small training field, there was only a single building.
建筑物内，正中央是客厅，左边是卧室，右边则是修炼室。
Inside the building, there was a living room in the center; while a bedroom was located on the left, and the training area on the right.
修炼室的材质很独特，既不是石料建造，也不是金属，看上去倒像是类似铁沉木之类的木料，摸上去[***]的，还带着些许冰凉。
The materials used to make the training room was quite unique. It wasn’t made of stone, and it wasn’t metal as well. But by looking at it, it really seemed like a combination of iron woods of different types, where people can *** in it, because it was also a bit chilly inside.
一进入其中，叶尘就感受到温度升高了，不过奇怪的是，呆在修炼室中，并不会感觉很热，相反，**变得暖洋洋的，原本缓缓流淌的真气顿时活泼起来，宛如滔滔大河。
Entering the room, Ye Chen felt the temperature increase. The strange thing was, while in the training room, he couldn’t feel the heat. On the contrary, it ** changed and became warm; whereas the flowing Qi suddenly came alive, acting like a huge river.
释放出灵魂力，叶尘想要看看修炼室有什么玄虚。
Using his spiritual power, Ye Chen wanted to see what other mysteries lied within the training room.
很快。
Very quickly.
他发现地底下有淡红色的气体升腾上来，汇聚在修炼室中，而四周的墙壁和天花板因为材质独特的原因，有着隔绝淡红色气体的功效，使其不至于逸散出去。
He realised that there was a pink-coloured gas that had been rising up and gathering in the area. Due to the surrounding walls and areas made of the unique material, it was trapped inside and had ensured no way to escape.
“这应该是地煞真气的火气吧！不知道真正的地煞真气是什么模样。”
“This must be the evil spirit’s fire Qi! I didn’t know evil Qi would really look like this.”
嘴里嘀咕一声，叶尘走到修炼室中央的蒲团上盘坐下来，分别取出一枚补气丹，补精丹以及补神丹塞进嘴里，旋即又取出两块下品灵石握在手上，这次修炼，他要一举达到抱元境初期巅峰，只有修为跟上去了，综合实力才能飞快上涨。
Ye Chen muttered something, and then proceeded to the plate in the center of the training area and sat there. He then took a Qi Replenis.h.i.+ng Pill, a Spirit Replenis.h.i.+ng Pill and a Divine Spirit Replenis.h.i.+ng Pill and put them in his mouth. Immediately afterwards, he took out two pieces of low-ranked spirit stones and held them in his hands. In this training session, he aimed to achieve the peak-level of Early Clasping Yuan Realm, then he would only need his spirit to follow through. By then, his overall strength would quickly increase.
闭上双眼，叶尘逐渐进入状态。
Closing both eyes, Ye Chen slowly slipped into a trance.
……“你是说，那小子进修炼室修炼了。”酒楼包间中，原宗博对着身前站立的凝真境武者道。
… ... “So what you’re saying is, that little guy entered the training area already.” In the restaurant area, Yuan Zhong Bo was asking a Condensing Reality Realm martial artist that stood in the vicinity.
对方点头，“是的。”
He merely nodded, “Yes.”
“给我继续监视，等他一出来，立刻派人通知我，灵石少不了你的。”原宗博神情阴冷。
Yuan Zhong Bo gave a cold look “I want you continue monitoring him, and when he comes out, immediately dispatch someone to notify me. I’ve already paid you quite a bit.”
“是。”
“Yes.”
这人脸上露出喜色，在武城，凝真境武者基本上没什么地位，想要从正常渠道赚灵石十分困难，好在进入武城的武者相互间或多或少有恩怨存在，一般情况下，有恩怨的武者会找几个凝真境武者监视对方，监视自然有代价，这个代价就是灵石。
A look of delight showed across this person’s face. In the Martial City, Condensing Reality Realm martial artists don’t really have much of an influence. Trying to use the traditional method of channeling the spirit stones was extremely difficult, which is why it was good that some of the martial artists who entered the city came harbouring a grudge with others. In this kind of situation, those who harboured a grudge would find a few Condensing Reality Realm martial artists to monitor their enemies. Because observing naturally comes with a price, the payment would be in the form of spirit stones.
“你先退下去吧！”
“You go back first!”
原宗博挥了挥手。
Yuan Zhong Bo waved his hand.
等对方离开，原宗博脸上露出狞色，小子，修炼室并不是万能的，你仅仅是抱元境初期武者，短时间内最多达到抱元境初期巅峰，根本不可能是我的对手，等你一出武城，就是你的死期，至于那把星痕剑，还是归我。
After waiting for the other person to leave, Yuan Zhong Bo’s face lit up with colour.
‘This kid, the training room isn’t capable of everything. If you entered as an Early Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist, the highest possible level that you could reach in this short span of time would just be the peak-level Early Clasping Yuan Realm, which is still unable to match up to me. When you leave the Martial City, that will be your doom. Afterwards, that Astral Marked Sword of yours, it’ll be mine.’
……另一座豪华院子内。
… ...Inside another luxurious courtyard.
“二皇子，我们的人一路观察，发现此人和慕容小姐不是很亲密，应该是普通朋友关系。”黑衣老者恭敬道。
“Second Prince, our people have been observing. We noticed that this person and Murong Qingchen aren’t really that close, which means that they must be normal friends.”, said the old man in black respectfully.
闻言，二皇子笑了笑，“普通朋友，我就说嘛！倾城是个高傲的女人，怎么可能与他人有关系，何况那小子不过是个抱元境初期武者。”
Hearing this, the second prince laughed, “Regular friends, I say it’s ridiculous! Qingchen is an arrogant girl. How could she be a.s.sociated with him? Unless that kid is an Early Clasping Yuan Realm user.”
黑衣老者翻了翻白眼，暗道：没人说他和慕容倾城有关系，是你自己认为而已。
The old man in black rolled his eyes, he mused to himself, ‘No one had ever said Murong Qingchen and him having any connections, you merely said it yourself.’
“既然如此，那就不要监视了，慕容倾城的普通朋友很多，没必要见一个盯一个。”
“That being the case, don’t observe any longer. Murong Qingchen has many normal friends, there’s no need to see them one by one.”
知道叶尘和慕容倾城是普通朋友，二皇子心情愉悦许多，不打算找叶尘麻烦，毕竟天才的普通朋友太多了，没有朋友才叫奇怪。
Knowing that Ye Chen and Murong Qingchen were just friends, the second prince was delighted by this. He didn’t intend to cause trouble to Ye Chen. After all, the genius have many normal friends, and it would be actually strange to have none.
“是。”
“Yes.”