Chapter 240: Gaining Control

If Shang Xia had to mention his deepest impression of a Martial Intent Realm cultivator, he would have to say that it had something to do with their ability to control the heaven and earth qi around them.

The number of Martial Intent Realm cultivators he fought with wasn’t few. He suffered greatly in their hands because of that specific ability. As such, his greatest desire after stepping into the Martial Intent Realm was to learn how to do the same.

With the Waning Moon Spear in his hand, he executed several moves he comprehended in the Providence Spear Art and finally obtained a Martial Intent Realm martial art of his own.

That wasn’t all. After completing the moves, the Yin Yang Essence Qi in his dantian was starting to transform. The origin core that contained his Triple Command Origin True Qi expanded by more than one time, making him more powerful than before.

That was great proof that he managed to gain an initial grasp of his martial art.

With excitement flowing through his veins, Shang Xia sent a trace of his Origin True Qi into the spear. Heaven and earth qi started gathering around the tip with his Origin True Qi as its origin, and it turned into a giant spear light tens of feet long that shot towards the heavens.

Controlling heaven and earth qi at will! When he obtained a slight accomplishment in his Martial Intent Realm martial art, he finally managed to achieve his goal!

In his excitement, Shang Xia failed to control his Origin True Qi in his dantian and he raised his head to roar loudly at the skies. Half the Tongyou City was alarmed by his sudden scream.

After a short moment, Shang Xia regained his calm.

If he managed to disturb half the city, the Shang Clan Manor was definitely going to be affected. Nearly the entire population in the manor saw the spear light piercing high into the heavens before disappearing.

When his Origin True Qi finally calmed down, Shang Xia remembered that there were still people in the courtyard.

“Congratulations to the Sixth Young Master for succeeding! With a spear in hand, your future is limitless!” Duan Hong cupped his fists towards Shang Xia and smiled.

Ever since Shang Jian and Shang Yang returned, people had stopped addressing Shang Xia as ‘Young Master Shang’. Instead, all of them changed his address to ‘Sixth Young Master’.

Shang Xia knew that it was pretty much a formality in the clan and he didn’t really care either.

The only people who could affect how people addressed each other in the Shang Clan were Shang Bo and Shang Ke. Regardless, the naming convention didn’t affect him much.

Stabbing the Waning Moon Spear into the ground, Shang Xia chuckled, “Master Duan Hong is too kind. I only succeeded because you modified the halberd well.”

“Thank you, Sixth Young Master, but you exaggerate!” Other people might not know where the weapon came from, but Duan Hong clearly knew that Shang Xia provided the low-grade weapon himself! The reason he succeeded was because of Shang Xia!

As long as Duan Hong provided him with a spear that could withstand his Origin True Qi, he would succeed regardless.

Seeing the look on Duan Hong’s face, Shang Xia changed the topic. “Master Duan Hong, when do you plan to start refining the low-grade spear? The Waning Moon Spear might be good, but it’s not perfectly suited to my needs.”

Duan Hong snapped back to reality the moment Shang Xia brought up the topic. “Before anything else, I need to thank the Sixth Young Master for allowing me to practice with the Waning Moon Halberd. With the experience of modifying the weapon into a spear, I am much more confident in making a brand new low-grade spear. Today, I came with good news. Three days later, I will start the refinement process to create your spear.”

Shang Xia immediately turned serious. “I hope Master Duan Hong will be successful! When that happens, our Shang Clan will welcome our very own master blacksmith!”

“I will definitely do my best. After all, it’s time to repay the clan for the grace they have shown me all these years.” Duan Hong bowed sincerely and gestured to his apprentices, “Little brats, why haven’t you thanked the Sixth Young Master for giving you the opportunity to watch him train? Don’t be rude!”

His apprentices looked younger than Shang Xia, and their appearances were a little haggard after what they just went through. Earlier, Shang Xia drew over a ton of heaven and earth qi and covered his courtyard with his divine sense. Even with Duan Hong’s protection, the two of them were severely suppressed.

However, that didn’t stop them from revealing excited expressions as they went up to thank Shang Xia. They had looks of adoration and worship on their faces as they spoke to Shang Xia. “Many thanks, Sixth Uncle!”

As they spoke, they gave him a deep bow.

“There’s no need for formalities! We’re all family here!” Shang Xia raised an eyebrow in surprise at Duan Hong.

Even though they looked barely younger than him, it seemed as though they were from the fourth generation of the Shang Clan!

A chuckle left Duan Hong’s lips as he explained, “Sixth Young Master, when you covered the entire courtyard with your divine sense earlier, you managed to help temper their willpower. You also placed a shadow of the spear dao in their minds. They barely entered the gateway of cultivation and they’re currently at the Martial Realm. Thanks to you they will be able to train in spear arts and achieve twice the results with half the effort.”

Widening his eyes in shock, Shang Xia gasped, “That works too?”

Nodding slightly, Duan Hong decided that it was time to leave. “If there’s nothing else, we’ll not disturb you any longer.”

Shang Xia felt that Duan Hong wanted to say more, but since he chose not to, Shang Xia didn’t press into the matter. He thought that it would be inconvenient for the two apprentices to hear him, and Shang Xia quickly bade his farewell. “Master Duan Hong, take care! When you start the refinement process, I’ll be sure to show up.”

After Duan Hong left, Shang Xia pulled his spear out from the ground and held it steadily in one hand.

Sending some of his Origin True Qi into the weapon, the spear started to buzz. Formless spear light emerged from its tip from time to time.

A flash of inspiration filled Shang Xia’s mind and he withdrew his Origin True Qi all of a sudden. Instead, he sent a wisp of the purest energy contained in the formless ball of chaos in his dantian into his spear.

Resplendent rays of light emerged from the tip of the spear. There were even faint arcs of lightning flashing around it.

Indeed. Shang Xia was still able to use his first and second martial intents he comprehended in the Martial Realm and the Martial Extremity Realm respectively. Even if he used the spear, it didn’t affect his ability to utilize his qi.

The power contained in the multicolored spear light was terrifying. In fact, it seemed even more powerful than the formless spear light that he sent into the air when he comprehended his Providence Spear Art earlier. The only problem he found was that the multicolored spear light wasn’t as pure as the other attack. It seemed all over the place and he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.