with all their might.But what was even more shocking was that Hao Ren, who had both hands grabbing two fixed points, didn't fall back down due to lack of support or exhaustion; instead, he hung suspen...Chapter 167: Heavenly Dragon Realm

Renzhong called him like this. Xia Changxiang was trembling with fear about Huo Ren's white Ford Focus and didn't know how to get inside.

Huo Ren only then realized that as the minister just got off the boat, he also wouldn’t understand what a car is. Thus, he stepped out of the vehicle and opened the door for him.

Even so, Minister Xia still touched this steel tool several times before finally sitting inside it.

Huo Ren found it increasingly funny, "Minister Xia, you can rest assured that this is like a magical treasure. It's used to drive us around. In the past, under the sea, we practiced sword riding, didn’t you try it"

"Yes, yes, I was too cautious," Minister Xia said.

Huo Ren started his car and this white Ford slowly moved forward. Seeing that everything outside was retreating backwards, Minister Xia sat straight with no courage to move at all.

Entering the road outside, the car gradually sped up.

When Huo Ren prepared to enter the highway, two silver lights flew into his car.

Huo Ren turned back and saw Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 smiling at him from the back seat of his car.

"Congratulations on breaking through the Canyon level," they said in unison.

“Did you two follow me for these past few days” Huo Ren asked.

“When Master told us to go home, how could we dare disobey We knew that you were going to come back today so we came here to pick up master!” Lu L琳琳 said.

Huo Ren smiled helplessly; who knew if what she was saying was the truth. Although he had broken through the Canyon level now, there were still some matters in his heart which hadn’t been resolved yet.

Seeing that Huo Ren wasn’t talking and looked somewhat depressed, Lu 莉莉 said, "Master looks handsome even when he’s angry."

Saying so, she felt embarrassed and her face turned red.

Huo Ren didn’t reply to them but instead turned his head towards Minister Xia, asking, “Can you explain in detail about human cultivators In the Condensation stage they are equivalent to the Tremor level. And at the Core Formation stage, they are equivalent to the Heaven level."

Minister Xia had been inside the car for a dozen minutes and was starting to adapt slightly. He released his grip on the door handle, coughed once and said, "Human cultivators have already disappeared from the human world in this era. The various cultivation techniques which were popular back then are lost too. In theory, Huo master shouldn’t be concerned with these."

He thought for a moment before continuing, “The method of cultivation amongst humans is different to our dragon race; they usually divide their cultivator stages into five levels: Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation. The Qi Refinement stage corresponds to the Condensation level which we practice, still at a basic stage. When one reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, it means that they have become an accomplished cultivator, equivalent to our Canyon level and above. At the Core Formation stage, it’s comparable to our Tremor level where they begin to possess certain abilities for supernatural powers; in the Nascent Soul level, it is similar to our Heaven level, considered a high-level expert with considerable influence on their domain. After the Nascent Soul realm of humans, there would be the Spirit Transformation realm, traveling freely across heaven and earth, living as long as天地 (heaven and earth), shining like the sun and moon, not celestial immortals but earthly ones."

"So in our dragon race, reaching the Heaven level is considered to have reached the peak There’s no stage similar to the Spirit Transformation realm" Huo Ren asked.

“We don’t have a spirit transformation stage. But once one reaches the upper echelons of the Heaven level, they will summon heavenly tribulations and if one can pass through them, then they would reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm!” Minister Xia said rather excitedly.

"Heavenly Dragon Realm," Huo Ren lightly recited it; he didn’t know whether this Heavenly Dragon realm was more powerful than the Spirit Transformation stage or not.

He turned his head to look at Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉, noticing that they didn’t have any light glow around them. Thus, he asked Minister Xia, “Why don’t Linlin and Lili have any auras”

"Haha, Huo master, these five-colored glows are just the aura which our dragon dan emits; it’s also used by us dragons for identification purposes. Since Misses Linlin and Lili do not possess a dragon dan, naturally they don’t have corresponding colors," Minister Xia patiently explained.

"If Master likes any color, we can show you!" Lu L琳琳 said playfully. Around her body, the five-colored light kept changing like a little light bulb; of course, ordinary people wouldn’t be able to see these colors at all.

Huo Ren didn't want to deal with her and turned his head again, driving the car and asking Minister Xia, “What color is Su Han’s gold-water constitution”

"The gold-water constitution should have red and blue hues. If she reveals her attributes, it would be a purple display; however, as long as one has two levels higher in cultivation realm than someone else, they can easily hide their attributes. This means that if Huo master sees no color around the other party's body, perhaps he’s just an ordinary person or maybe he too is part of our dragon race but his cultivation level is at least two stages above yours and hasn’t released his attributes," Minister Xia said.

Hao Ren nodded slightly and pondered for a few seconds. It seemed that when someone of lower rank was in the presence of someone of higher rank, all their information would be laid bare. In other words, once Su Han’s necklace became ineffective after reaching the level of Coagulate Spirit, anyone above this level would see him as merely a small fry at the Gully Rank.

Because the intensity of the light emitted by the Dragon Dan Powder was an indicator of one's rank!

"Furthermore, Inspectors have their own methods to hide and identify themselves. Therefore, for those who deliberately conceal their identities as Inspectors, even I might not be able to detect them," Minister Xia added.

Hiding techniques and concealing identities—that’s the terrifying aspect of being an Inspector!

Like Su Han or Qin Shaoyang, these Inspectors who openly declare their status are relatively easier to handle. The most troublesome ones are those whose identities remain unknown and hide like spies in every corner.

The existence of such Inspectors forces even the smallest dragon factions to abide by the rules since everything they do is under constant surveillance!

No random flying in the sky, no harming humans, no mutual killing—these are the rules that ensure dragons don’t expose themselves within human society and guarantee ordinary people can continue their lives.

Before Human cultivators collectively ascended from Huaren Realm,

those few Nirvana-stage cultivators were a deterrent to dragon factions. If any dragon faction broke the agreement and trampled on humans, these Nirvana-stage cultivators would intervene!

The car passed through an expressway toll booth and entered the expressway.

Hao Ren pressed down on the accelerator pedal; the speed gradually increased until it reached sixty kilometers per hour.

The scenery beside the road swiftly receded, and Minister Xia breathed a long sigh of relief. "This is what Young Master Hao mentioned as an automobile It's really not slow—it’s almost comparable to flying with a middle-grade magic tool!"

Seeing Minister Xia making such exclamations and comments from his seat in front, Lu L琳琳和陸莉莉從後麵捂嘴笑了起來。

"Moreover, this magic tool doesn’t require mana to operate; even ordinary people can use it. It’s not even using talisman techniques—it's amazing!" Minister Xia continued with admiration.

Hao Ren helplessly shook his head. Fortunately, Minister Xia was only here to host the banquet and would return to the Dragon Palace tomorrow; otherwise, he didn’t know what kind of trouble would ensue if he remained on land.

The three-hour journey saw Hao Ren returning to Donghai City from Zhejiang with the company of Minister Xia and Lu Qing’s sisters. Even without much conversation, it wasn't too boring for them.

By evening, they had arrived in Donghai City. Although Minister Xia was a "senior administrative official" at Donghai Dragon Palace, he didn’t dare to disturb the Dragon King's family and decided to stay overnight at Lu Qing’s house instead.

Hao Ren also spent the night at Lu Qing’s home. As soon as they came out of the garage, Minister Xia was both cautious and curious about everything he hadn't seen before—like elevators, light switches, and hot showers.

He fumbled around here and there, occasionally pressing a remote control button by accident, causing him to panic and think he had made a grave mistake.

Lu L琳琳和陸莉莉卻覺得這很有趣，不停地指點他。當初她們初次來到這裡時也不懂這些，但兩人互相琢磨很快就學會了。相比之下，夏承相接受新生事物的能力就不如陸琳琳和陸莉莉。

After one night of折騰, Hao Ren felt his Gully Rank state gradually stabilize. He could now control the Five Elements Sword Qi at will.

However, in terms of power, it was indeed weak—the greatest effect being a four-inch hole on a small steel plate given to him by Lu Qing for testing purposes.

During his midnight cultivation session, he recalled the stone tablet from the peak Daoist temple on Qingyanshan. The various characters recombined into new meanings, and he finally understood that this inscription required reading in different sequences.

This was an outline of Five Elements magic arts, explaining the Five Elements from a Heavenly Dao perspective—not just the Water Controlling techniques as Hao Ren had previously thought. With his current level, he couldn't comprehend deeper layers but found it extremely mysterious.

If Fragmenting Light Sword Shadow Technique is considered a technical manual, then what’s inscribed on this stone tablet is an article at a theoretical height.

After a night of meditation, it was quickly time for the second day's gathering with Concubine Zhou.

Zhao Yanzi’s birthday party would officially start at 6 PM in the evening. However,入場時間提前到了5點。地點安排在東海市最豪華的酒店——星光大酒店，也就是上次郝仁一家和趙焰紫一家碰麵的地方。

Lu Qing drove to take Xia Chengxiang to the banquet venue, while Hao Ren drove with Lu Lingling and Lu Lili to school.

According to the tradition of Donghai University, after mid-term exams, students would have a two-day break. On the third day, which was Friday, there were no classes but some class meetings as well as discussions about grades and other matters.

Lu Lingling and Lu Lili felt slightly nervous because this was their first time participating in such an exam. They had no idea how they performed. At one point, they thought of sneaking into the office to peek at their test papers, but out of respect for Vice President Lu Qing, they ultimately refrained from doing so.

The car entered the school, and Hao Ren parked it beside a building where the Film and Television Academy held class meetings. It was most convenient for Lu Lingling and Lu Lili to get off there.

"Young Master, we can't attend tonight's banquet. Be careful!" Sitting at the back seat, Lu Lingling and Lu Lili expressed their reluctance to leave Hao Ren.

"Alright, I understand," to be honest, Hao Ren still felt a bit nervous about the evening banquet.

Just when Hao Ren was parking his white Ford, a Mercedes Benz driving around the school campus for testing came over and parked next to Hao Ren’s car with a swish.

Huang Xujie’s face appeared from the lowered window. He took off his sunglasses and pointed at the steering wheel, "Second-year student, do you want to try out this car"

Hao Ren had no interest in testing cars inside the school grounds and ignored Huang Xujie completely. At that moment, Lu Lingling and Lu Lili exited Hao Ren’s white Ford from the back doors.

Huang Xujie widened his eyes when he saw two beauties getting out of the car. What made him more excited was that after exiting the car, both Lu Lingling and Lu Lihuo walked around to Hao Ren's side and left a kiss on their own lips before pressing them against Hao Ren’s cheeks.

"Goodbye, Young Master!" They didn’t even look at Huang Xujie as they held hands and walked into the teaching building.

Hao Ren was slightly taken aback by their actions but realized that Lu Lingling and Lu Lili were deliberately doing this to boost his reputation. He quickly started the car and drove it to the building of the College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, where most students were already seated in the classroom. Hao Ren walked in as everyone’s gaze focused on him.

There was no way around it; previously unknown Hao Ren had become a campus celebrity with the constant company of the twin beauties Lu Lingling and Lu Lili who were always sticking to his side, which had undoubtedly increased his value several times over.

The class monitor, Xie Yujia, took the stage to discuss the overall performance of their mid-term exams as well as important matters for the remaining half of the semester.

Afterwards, it was the turn of the academic counselor to speak about the general situation of the college and issues within the class.

Grade sheets were handed out all at once. Only a few key individuals needed to go to the counselor’s office to collect theirs, which also meant they had to face individual talks with the counselor.

Zhou Liren, Cao Ronghua, and Zhao Jiayin already had their grades in hand. Although there were some risky courses for them, they managed to pass all of them, feeling extremely relieved. Xie Yujia’s class notes were indeed amazing!

However, Hao Ren was a special case; his grade sheet remained with the counselor. After the class meeting ended, he still needed to go specifically find the counselor for a talk. Such students usually fell into one of two categories: either their academic performance was extremely poor and they were at risk of being expelled, or they repeatedly violated school rules and required warnings.

"Special students" would take turns going in for talks one after another. After half an hour, it finally came to Hao Ren’s turn.

Confronting the counselor whom he rarely saw, Hao Ren couldn't initiate a conversation.

"Hao Ren, your problem is quite complex. I've looked at your records; when you entered school, your grades were decent, but in recent years, they’ve been hovering just above passing," said the counselor seated on his chair while looking up at Hao Ren.

Hao Ren knew that academic performance wouldn't be an issue, so he waited for her to continue speaking.

"A few days ago, I heard that you had a conflict with Huang Xujie Students driving to school is already not good. You even tried to hit Huang Xujie with your car. How terrible is such behavior, do you know" The counselor's tone gradually became stricter.

"Huang Xujie is the son of an acting vice-mayor. Do you know If anything goes wrong, can you bear the consequences" At this point, she finally touched on the most critical issue.

Hao Ren didn't say a word and continued to remain silent.

"A student like you is already very hard for our college to nurture. Fortunately, the College of Fine Arts shows great interest in your painting talent and asked if we could transfer someone with such potential over to them. In my opinion, it would be best if you switched to their department. Besides, they have quite a number of students who drive to school," said the counselor.

Hearing her rapid-fire questions, Hao Ren felt very uncomfortable. Ultimately, it was all because Huang Xujie is the son of an acting vice-mayor.

Slam! The office door suddenly opened.

"Hao Ren, you drove here today, right Lend me your car keys; I need to go out and handle something. In the afternoon, I'll find you and we can leave together," Su Han walked in and said to Hao Ren.

"Oh." Hao Ren took out his key from his pocket and tossed it to her.

Su Han caught the keys without saying anything else and turned around to walk out of the office.

The counselor stared dumbly at the back view of Hao Ren, then looked blankly at him standing in front of her.

Students might not know who Su Han is, but the teachers of Donghai University were very clear. A few days ago, because of Su Han's performance in an art exhibition, the principal had summoned her to his office for a scolding; however, just minutes after she left, the provincial education department called and severely criticized the principal over some small issue at Donghai University!

So, while Su Han is not related to Vice President Lu Qing, her connections are in the province. According to the teachers' speculations, perhaps one of the powerful figures within the provincial education department is a senior relative of hers! Moreover, it could even be someone with an even higher rank!

Thinking about this, the counselor's expression changed several times. From stern to gentle, she said, "In any case, Huang Xujie is the son of an acting vice-mayor; I'm just reminding you to try not to escalate conflicts too much. This advice comes from a place of concern for your well-being. Regarding transferring to the College of Fine Arts, consider it yourself; I won't make things difficult for you."

"Understood, thank you for your care," Hao Ren nodded.

"There's nothing else, this time around your grades were pretty good; keep up the effort in future endeavors." The counselor smiled at Hao Ren and took out his grade sheet from a drawer to hand it to him.

"Goodbye, teacher." Holding the grade sheet, Hao Ren left the office. Meanwhile, the counselor sitting inside the office let out a long breath and wiped away the sweat on her forehead.

Hao Ren walked out of the teaching building and looked at his grade sheet; he saw that all subjects in this mid-term exam were above 8 points!

He didn't dare return to his dormitory with such a grade sheet, afraid that Zhao Jiayin would see it and kill him with her eyes!

After eating lunch alone, finding a quiet cafeteria to sit in for a while, he believed Su Han would find him.

Indeed, after two hours—when Hao Ren's Full Spectrum Sword Shadow had completed two rounds—Su Han walked into the dining hall with keys in hand.

"Let's go!" She came over to Hao Ren and tossed the key at him.

Hao Ren reached out to catch it, but realized that this wasn't the key for his white Ford.

"Since flying within cities is restricted, and the situation is complex, those elders from deep mountains who come to the city outskirts aren’t daring enough to enter. Zhao Hongyu used your car to pick them up," Su Han said as she led Hao Ren out of the cafeteria.

Indeed, Hao Ren saw that a yellow Ferrari was parked by the entrance of the dining hall. "You drive." Su Han sat down on the right side seat.

Hao Ren could only start up this eye-catching yellow Ferrari and drove it towards the school gate with Su Han, the beautiful girl, seated beside him.the bus information on the opposite side and rushed over to inform them.The group followed him across the road and waited for the bus to leisurely return to the Hanting Hotel.There were many empty sea...