C19 Universe Qi

The Second Battlefield was originally meant to destroy the communication center of the Kaka. Under the Sky Force's attack, the plan had been completed long ago. Now, the mission of the Second Battlefield was to delay more Kaka and prevent the reinforcements from the First Battlefield.

Guthrie, who was holding a meeting in the command center of the Sea Army, suddenly heard a voice from the identity device on his wrist. "I'm here!"

Hearing this familiar voice and seeing the familiar number, Guthrie jumped up in excitement and ordered the meeting to be adjourned. All the members of the meeting were to go to the lounge. They were not allowed to leave. They ran downstairs, and without the guards, they stopped the guards from following them, allowing the generals to go to the lounge.

A small spaceship with a length of 14 meters and a width of 5 meters appeared out of thin air in front of the command center. The ship was made of crystal, and there was no trace of artificial carvings on it. It was like a perfect jade carving, and there was no metal structure.

The sudden appearance of the spaceship made the guards nervous. Fortunately, Guthrie, who had rushed over in a hurry, stopped the guards from taking action.

After the light screen on one side of the spaceship flashed, a few people slowly walked out of the spaceship. The people who got off the ship were the officers and the men in white.

At this moment, Guthrie only had the man in white in his eyes. When he saw the man in white, his eyes turned red and he was about to walk forward to salute. However, the man in white stopped him with his eyes.

After the official chitchat, the civil servants were arranged properly. Guthrie respectfully invited the man in white into his office.

Guthrie immediately knelt down on one knee after entering the room. He saluted with his head and said in a clear voice, "The Royal Holy Knights, Squad Three, Captain Guthrie greets Your Highness Martial King. I wish Your Highness the best of luck!"

The man in white looked at the sky outside the window and said after a long time, "Get up. It's rare that you still remember the knightage and me!"

Guthrie stood up respectfully and said, "I will never forget the oath of the knightage and the kindness of the Martial King. It's been more than 300 years since I last saw you. Your grace is still as good as ever!"

The white-robed man looked at Guthrie and said softly with tears in his eyes, "Alright, you are already hundreds of years old. Why are you still acting like a child? I have come this time to visit His Majesty the Emperor’s sister, Kellis."

Guthrie said in surprise, "Eldest Princess? You came here for Her Highness the Eldest Princess?"

"Hmph! You used to be muddle-headed, but now you have turned into an old fool. You don't even know that your subordinate is a woman disguised as a man. You even let her be a scout of the extremely dangerous Lu Battle Team. You are really bold!" The man in white said angrily.

Guthrie was so scared that he immediately knelt on the ground and said with a trembling voice, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I really don't know. I would rather die than let Her Highness the Eldest Princess be a soldier. I would even dare not let her be a scout!"

"I don't think you would dare! What are you kneeling for? Why, your bones have become soft after getting old?" The man in white berated.

After hearing this, Guthrie lowered his head even more.

"Humph! Fortunately, nothing went wrong. Otherwise, the Fourth Squadron and this galaxy will be buried with the Eldest Princess!" The man in white said leisurely.

A dignified official like Guthrie was like a child in front of the man in white. He bowed his head in fear and stood to the side.

"You are very good. You have been working hard all these years and did not make any mistakes. You have suppressed the nobles in the south and made them unable to move. I heard that you have resigned from your position as a noble?" The man in white asked casually.

"Yes, yes, my lord. If I accept the reward, I will no longer be in the East Army. I can't bear to part with it!" Guthrie said obediently.

"Are you reluctant to have power or the army? Or do you have some unspeakable thoughts?" The man in white's tone became higher.

"M-M-M-Mr. Official, I have been in the army for my entire life. I can't be a noble. I don't want to be a Marquis! Others may not know, but don't you understand me, sir?" Guthrie said grievously.

"Humph, you bastard! What's the use of me knowing you? Does the world know me? Does the officials know me? Does the Emperor know me?" The man in white pointed at Guthrie and scolded, "You bastard! If it weren't for the few old officials who vouched for me, if it weren't for the Emperor who appreciated your loyalty, do you think your head is still on your neck? When has there been anyone in the army of my empire who has been in the same army for more than a hundred years?"

When Guthrie heard this, his forehead was covered in sweat. He stuttered, "This, this, I..."

"Humph! I'll give you half a month to take down Jekla Galaxy." The man in white took out a gold badge and threw it to Guthrie. "This is your Marquis badge. Everything in the marquis' estate has been arranged. You will return to the Imperial Capital with me in half a month to take charge of the General Staff Headquarters."

Before Guthrie could reply, the man in white took out an imperial decree and read it loudly, "I am the emperor. I am the one who governs the world. I am the one who rules over the chaos. The East Army has a talented general like Guthrie. I will promote him to a four-star general. He will be appointed as the head of the General Staff Department's Second Hall of War from today onwards. Since General Guthrie has been working hard in the military, he has brought glory to the Eastern Region. I hereby confer upon you the title of Marquis Baram and grant you the surname of Baram!" After reading the decree, the man in white handed it to Guthrie, who was still in a daze.

"Guthrie, Marquis Baram, are you willing to accept this gift?" The man in white said lightly.

Guthrie's mood was like a roller coaster. He knelt on one knee for a long time before he recovered and said, "I would rather die than accept such a reward. It's fine if it's a title, but this surname! I thank the emperor for his kindness!" Tears flowed down his eyes uncontrollably.

"Alright, this old man hates pretending! What level is your universe at now?"

Guthrie stood up and bowed. "Your Excellency, my universe has already cultivated to the thirteenth level. I have hopes of reaching the fourteen level in three years."

"Alright, haha! Very good! This is for you." After saying that, he took out a transparent glass bottle and handed it to Guthrie. "This is the highest secret of the empire. This is the medicinal liquid for the third evolution. As long as you break through to the twelfth level, you can directly consume it!"

Guthrie took the small bottle and said in surprise, "Could it be that the reason why my lord has always maintained his youthful appearance is because of the third evolution?"

The man in white smiled and nodded. "You can experience all the benefits of it. I will not interfere with the matters of your army. You have to complete the mission in half a month. As for the matter of the Eldest Princess, I have my own arrangements. You don't have to ask about it. Just do what you have to do!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After Lu Gang read through the Universe Qi cultivation book once again, he had a certain understanding of the Universe Qi.

"Isn't this another type of cultivation technique? I wonder what effect it will have on me after I cultivate it. Whatever, I'll just try it first!" Having made up his mind, Lu Gang decided to give it a try.

With the experience from his cultivation, Lu Gang was very familiar with absorbing the energy particles in the universe. He used the absorption technique in the book, and the energy particles in the surroundings gathered together. The speed of the energy particles was much faster than the speed of the condensation of the Vital Spirit.

The way the book stored the Universe Qi was different from cultivating it. The absorption of the Universe Qi was mainly focused on the limbs and the brain region of the cultivator. It was like storing the soul in the spiritual ocean.

If someone who cultivated the Universe Qi saw Lu Gang's situation, they would probably be scared to death. After all, the Universe Qi that Lu Gang gathered was too much for a newbie to absorb, and it was also too fast.

The cultivation of the Universe Qi needed to be done step by step. One had to first sense the Qi, then absorb the Universe Qi that filled the body's limbs.

When the limbs were almost done, the body would naturally supply the excess energy to the various organs in the body.

This cultivation process was extremely slow, and it usually took several years or even decades to accumulate. This was because the Universe Qi was extremely violent, and every cultivator had to be extremely careful.

However, Lu Gang was different. Lu Gang's Universe Qi filled his limbs as if he was completely fine.

The third level of the Body Refining Spell was about to be completed. The arrival of the Universe Qi was like a feast for the cultivator's vital spirit that was entrenched in his limbs and internal organs.

After a series of assimilation and devouring, the originally very strong cultivator's vital spirit became even stronger.

The pitiful Universe Qi was mostly devoured by the vital spirit, and the majority of the energy that was absorbed by the vital spirit became extremely weak.

Instead of saying that the cultivator's power devoured the Universe Qi, it was more accurate to say that the cultivator's vital spirit filtered out the impurities in the Universe Qi, causing the Universe Qi that had been filtered by the vital spirit to no longer be violent. It was like a little wife who was being bullied, and it went to the spiritual ocean in Lu Gang's brain to store it.

The two different cultivation methods seemed to have reached a kind of mutual complement. The vital spirit devoured the violent components in the Universe Qi to strengthen itself, and after the Universe Qi was devoured, it became even purer.

Other people had to endure the violent impact of the universe's qi, causing their faces to turn red and their necks to turn stiff. However, Lu Gang's universe's qi was filtered by the cultivation's vital spirit, and it became as gentle and pure as a stream of water. The universe's qi that gathered in the spiritual ocean was abnormally calm and pure.

"It seems that Second Uncle has really taken in a genius!" The fifth brother muttered to himself as he saw the scale of Lu Gang absorbing the universe's qi by the river.

There were also people who recognized the book, but they did not make a fuss or check it out.

The reason was simple. The actions of the Lande Squad were all directly handed over to the new Chief of Expenditure, Kerry, and no one else was allowed to interfere.

The current Lande Squad was no longer under the East Army, but under the Royal Sacred Knightage.

The members of the Lande Squad, or rather, the members of the Knight of Kerry Squad, had all become nobles.

Lu Gang did not know what others were thinking. In any case, he wholeheartedly cultivated. After a few days, his results were remarkable.

“This is the third level. Is this universe so simple? It’s too cheap. No wonder Borna couldn’t defeat me!” Lu Gang looked at the book in his hand with contempt.

After the Great Circulation of Cultivation ended, Lu Gang began to cultivate the universe's qi.

The third level of universe's qi was mainly used to temper the cultivator's internal organs. The sequence was heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, and the violent universe's qi swarmed towards Lu Gang's heart. There was too little cultivation's vital spirit left in his heart, so he could only devour a small portion. The rest of the energy frantically ravaged Lu Gang's heart.

If it weren't for Lu Gang's continuous tempering of his internal organs, he would have died from the impact.

Even so, a strong pain struck him. Lu Gang gritted his teeth and endured the pain. He immediately stopped absorbing the universe's Qi, and at the same time, he transferred the cultivation's vital spirit into his heart, swallowing the rampaging universe's Qi like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey.

After slowly regaining his strength, Lu Gang spat out a large mouthful of black blood. He no longer dared to cultivate the universe's Qi recklessly.