Chapter 1 Big Sister, I Think This Is a Misunderstanding (2)

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  Zhou Weiqing's eyes widened, and he stared at the rounded outline already in sight. At this moment, a soft shout suddenly rang out, "Your Highness be careful, someone is coming."

  The pink-haired girl, hearing the shout, was like a startled little bird, quickly shrinking into the water. Instantly, except for her head, all her beauty was soaked in the icy spring lake, and she also turned around in panic.

  Before Zhou Weiqing could react, he felt his body lighten and the scene before him spin around in a blur. With a loud thud, he fell to the ground in a heap.

  "What's going on?" Zhou Weiqing, although he had never practiced before, but since childhood under his father's strict teachings, his body was trained to be quite good, more agile than ordinary people. After rolling on the ground, he got up again.

  At this moment, just three meters in front of him, a girl who looked over twenty years old had her eyebrows inverted and was staring at him angrily. The girl's appearance was ordinary, but she wore leather armor, held a sharp sword, and carried a longbow made of starwood on her back.

  Zhou Weiqing's eyes widened as he recognized the small clusters of star-shaped patterns on her armor, which were exclusively used by the imperial family. Could it be that this young girl was a palace guard?

  What attracted Zhou Weiqing's attention the most was still the three beads rotating around his wrist on the girl's right hand. The three beads were made of jadeite, and with Zhou Weiqing's good eyesight, plus the faint glow emitted by the beads themselves, he could see clearly that they were a combination of three parts of glutinous rice, three parts of ice, and four parts of dragon stone jade.

  Even if Zhou Weiqing hadn't cultivated before, he knew that the three beads appearing on his right hand weren't just decorations, but a symbol of true strength.

  On the vast continent, a person's strength can be evaluated from three aspects. Any one of these aspects that stands out extremely can make someone a strong contender. These three aspects are: Heavenly Power, Physical Jewels, and Mental Jewels.

  The human body is referred to as the heavenly body, because humans have always believed that they are the highest creatures created by God and given a physical body by heaven, so they call themselves heavenly bodies. Through different cultivation methods, the power obtained after strengthening is called heavenly power. Heavenly power is divided into four levels: heavenly essence power, heavenly spirit power, heavenly void power, and heavenly Tao power.

  Each level is further divided into twelve layers. It is said that those who cultivate to the highest level of Tian Dao Li can possess the power of Tian Dao, and use it to destroy or create at will. They can even live for thousands of years. Whether it's a Ti Zhu master cultivating physical pearls or an Yi Zhu master cultivating spiritual pearls, they all need to rely on Tian Li as their foundation. Without sufficient Tian Li support, no matter how good one's innate talent is, it won't work.

  On the vast and desolate continent, humans are born with their own innate pearl. However, no one knows what their innate pearl is. Only when they cultivate Tianli to the third stage of Tianjing can their innate pearl awaken.

  The cultivation of heavenly essence is extremely difficult, especially the initial stage of heavenly essence. One must have a talent that allows them to communicate with their own innate pearl in order to successfully cultivate it. The first three stages of heavenly essence are equivalent to humans undergoing three transformations of rebirth and regeneration. Those who can complete this process are one in a hundred.

  If one can complete the third refinement of Heaven's Will, and awaken their Life Pearl, then they will be able to break through the boundaries of ordinary people. This type of person is called a Master of the Imperial Pearl. Zhou Weiqing was unable to cultivate Heaven's Will due to his congenital meridian blockage, so his Life Pearl could not awaken, and he could only remain an ordinary person.

  There are two different forms of the Original Bead. After awakening, it appears on the right wrist and is called the Body Bead if it surrounds the wrist. If its position changes to the left wrist, it becomes the Mind Bead. The Body Bead and Mind Bead have essential differences. Generally speaking, those who possess a Body Bead are powerful warriors because each Body Bead can enhance physical abilities and also condense into weapons or armor through a process called Body Bead Condensation, greatly amplifying the user's strength. Those who possess a Mind Bead, on the other hand, have stronger mental powers and can control various elements or even some mysterious powers through the properties of the Mind Bead. The Mind Bead also requires a method called Mind Bead Imprinting to unlock its exclusive abilities.

  But whether it's a physical bead or an intention bead, the distinction between high and low strength is based on its quantity. Cultivating one's own life bead is called refining beads. Those who cultivate physical beads are called physical bead masters, and those who cultivate intention beads are called intention bead masters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Whether it's a physical bead master or an intention bead master, the most they can have is nine life beads, among which having one to three beads is considered a Master-level, four to six beads is considered a Respect-level, and seven to nine beads is considered a Sect-level, each level further divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper Three Ranks. Like this palace female guard in front of us, she is an Upper-ranked Physical Bead Master.

  Don't underestimate the master in front of you who possesses three orbs. You should know that even a small country like the Tian Gong Empire has fewer than one hundred masters. The master in front of us is definitely among the top fifty in the Tian Gong Empire, which shows just how rare this profession is. Possessing three orbs proves that her innate power has been cultivated to at least the ninth level of Tian Jing Li, and with her strength, she can easily take down one hundred elite soldiers.

  The manifestation forms of the Body Orb and Mind Orb are different gems. The Body Orbs that appear on the right hand are all based on various types of jade, with different types of jade having different amplification effects on the Body Master. The main manifestations of the Body Orb's amplification effect on the Body Master are six: Power Ice Jade, Flexibility Glutinous Jade, Hardness Yellow Jade, Agility Dragon Stone Jade, Coordination Red Jade, and Endurance Ink Jade.

  The body beads of a Body Master are generally made of mixed-color jade, meaning that each bead is composed of different types of jade. The beads of this top-ranking Body Master in front of me are each composed of 30% soft jade, 30% icy jade, and 40% dragon stone jade. In other words, if her amplification factor were to be increased by a hundred, then the abilities she would amplify would be 30% flexibility, 30% strength, and 40% agility. It's quite a good combination.

  Feeling the fierce killing intent in her angry eyes, Zhou Weiqing only felt a chill run down his back and hastily said: "Big sister, I think this is a misunderstanding."

  " Misunderstanding?" The female imperial guard's wrist shook, and with a clanging sound, the long sword at her waist was already drawn out. Although she didn't use the three body pearls on her right wrist, under the infusion of heavenly power, the long sword in her hand looked exceptionally bright. The fact that heavenly power couldn't be released externally to form a sword aura proved that her heavenly power hadn't yet broken through the category of heavenly refined power; if it reached the level of heavenly divine power, she would be able to release heavenly power externally. Of course, this was under the condition that she didn't use body pearls; if she added them, it would increase the consumption of heavenly power, and according to the properties of the body pearls, simultaneously enhance flexibility, agility, and strength. It was clear that dealing with Zhou Weiqing, an ordinary person without any weapons, there was no need to do so.

  A flash of cold light, and the sword tip of the imperial female guard was already pointed at Zhou Weiqing's throat. With just a slight forward thrust, his life would be gone.

  "This martial arts sister, it's really a misunderstanding. Besides, I didn't see anything! Spare me." Zhou Weiqing looked at the palace female guard with a pitiful expression, and paired with his seemingly silly face, he still had some persuasive power.

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