Chapter 667 – Rude Request
Soon, another third of the time passed, and Zhang Ruochen sorted out the second Sword Script’s Heart Technique.
Sure enough, as he expected, above the jade statue, once again, grains of light flew out, and when they landed on his body, they immediately burrowed into his body, converging towards the Heart of Sword Intent in the Sea of Qi.
It was one step closer to the high level realm of the Heart of Sword Intelligence.
In the last third of the time, Zhang Ruochen’s speed of collating his heart techniques became significantly faster, collating two heart techniques in a row.
“Wow!”
Unprecedented white light emanated from above the jade statue, and grains of white light dots flew out, completely wrapping Zhang Ruochen’s body.
The Heart of Sword Intent absorbed the white light dots and instantly transformed into a silver orb, as if it was a liquid projectile, suspended in the centre of the Qi Sea.
Finally, Zhang Ruochen reached the high level of Sword Mind, and the Heart of Sword Intent became like a “silver dan”.
As if the jade statue had come to life, it even opened its mouth and spoke, emitting a deep voice, saying: “At a young age, you have reached the high level of Sword Heart Understanding, but it is a Sword Dao wizard, if you are willing to suffer and work hard, in time, there is a great hope that you can become a generation of Sword Saints. This time, consider this as the poor Taoist helping you out, and it’s also considered to be making some contribution to the future generations of the Two Element Sect.”
The old Taoist had been dead for many years, and was only an indestructible holy soul that clung to the top of the jade statue.
“Many thanks, senior.”
Zhang Ruochen stood up and bowed forward.
The jade statue said, “Your realm, indeed, has broken through, but you failed to break through. Come next time!”
Zhang Ruochen remained where he was, with no intention of leaving, and said, “My junior has already created a set of Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique based on the mental method on the statue, so why did I fail to break through the barrier?”
“You actually created a sword technique? The poor Taoist understands, you are using two minds, collating the heart method while mobilising the Heart of Sword Intent to create and rehearse the sword technique in the sea of qi. Since this is the case, you will rehearse the sword technique you created, and if it really works, the Poor Tao will count you as having passed.”The jade statue said.
Zhang Ruochen drew the Valley Water Sword and began to rehearse the sword technique.
Qi Fayu was the first one to walk out of the palace, appearing to have a breezy appearance as she stood on the narrow mountain path, neither descending nor ascending the mountain.
No one knew if she had broken through this level.
Xu Changsheng was the second to walk out of the palace. On his face, there were beads of sweat all over, and his entire body was in a bit of a trance, as if he had lost his soul.
He had collated a mental technique, but had not created a sword technique within an hour.
Hence, the breakthrough failed.
Overall, Xu Changsheng was not lacking in enlightenment, but he had always cultivated the techniques and martial arts summarised by his predecessors, yet he was unable to create his own martial arts.
Such a person would still be excellent, but it would be difficult for him to walk to the pinnacle of the Sacred Dao.
Silkworm Dong was the third to walk out of the palace, and he also failed to break through the barrier.
It was mainly because Silkworm Dong’s “enlightenment” was his shortcoming, although it surpassed the norm, it was still far from being able to be compared to the top geniuses.
Seeing Silkworm Dong fail in his challenge, Xu Changsheng’s mood finally recovered a bit.
Silkworm Dong’s gaze, looking towards the second palace, asked, “Has Lin Yue succeeded in his challenge yet?”
“An hour has passed, he should have failed the challenge.”Qi Fayu said.
Silkworm Dong frowned and said, “At his age, he is able to cultivate Sword One to the seventh level of the realm, there should be no shortcomings. How could he fail?”
Xu Changsheng snorted coldly, “Unless one is a Sword Dao wizard, otherwise, it’s impossible to break through this level? Lin Yue only relied on strange encounters to have his current sword dao cultivation, his own abilities may not be that strong”
“Squeak!”
Before Xu Changsheng’s words, had even completely fallen, the door of the palace then opened, and Zhang Ruochen walked out from inside.
On the cliff, the eyes of Qi Fayu, Silkworm Winter, and Xu Changsheng looked over at the same time and stared at him.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the three with some surprise and said, “What? Everyone has passed? Do you want to sprint to the top of the second mountain together, the second Sacred Spring, should be of a higher grade than the first.”
Xu Changsheng’s face, became quite ugly.
Silkworm Winter said frankly, “I failed to break through the barrier, so I won’t be able to go to the top of the mountain this time. However, you’ll have to work hard, and hope that it’s really as you said earlier that you’ll be able to reach the top of the second mountain, or perhaps the top of the third mountain.”
Qi Fayu’s eyes, on Zhang Ruochen’s body, said, “I’ll join you!”
Her voice was exceptionally pleasing to the ear, appearing ethereal and without any impurities.
To be able to travel with a beauty and hike together was certainly an enviable thing.
However, Zhang Ruochen didn’t think so in the slightest, and the way he looked at Qi Fayu was like looking at a poisonous scorpion.
“Please!”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t change his colour and appeared to be very poised as he extended a hand and made a gesture of invitation.
Qi Fayu turned her delicate body, and as she turned her back to Silkworm Winter and Xu Changsheng, a weird smile flowed out of her star-like eyes as she gently glanced towards Zhang Ruochen.
Such a light temperament and flawless face, paired with that eerie smile, instantly gave Zhang Ruochen a creepy feeling.
In the Two Element Sect, Qi Fayu had countless suitors, and it was unknown how many geniuses and juniors were mesmerised by that unearthly temperament of hers.
However, who knew the unknown side of her?
Silkworm Dong and Xu Changsheng both revealed envious, jealous gazes as they watched Zhang Ruochen and Qi Fayu disappear down the mountain path.
Such a beautiful picture, but it concealed a deadly killing opportunity.
As soon as he left Silkworm Winter and Xu Changsheng’s line of sight, Zhang Ruochen immediately stopped and pulled away from Qi Fayu by a distance of ten feet.
Qi Fayu did not turn around, and that warm voice, once again resounded, “In fact, we can completely become allies. Continuing the infighting will only result in both of us losing.”
Zhang Ruochen did not approach her and smiled, “Can I trust you?”
“The reason why I made a move to kill you was because, at that time, I felt that you were truly a talented person who possessed the potential to cultivate into a Sword Saint. As long as I killed you and framed Xu Changsheng, the Two Eyes Sect would lose two top geniuses.”
Qi Fei Yu looked exceptionally calm, even though she was talking about killing, she was still so serene and aesthetically pleasing.
She added, “Since, you are not a disciple of the Two Yi Sect, why would I kill you?”
Zhang Ruochen operated his true qi to resist the mountain “potential” of the second mountain, his pace was calm and steady as he slowly moved forward step by step, saying, “If you want to reconcile, it’s not impossible, but I have a condition.”
“What condition?”
Zhang Ruochen stopped his steps and said, “Take off your clothes, I want to take a look at your body.”
Qi Fayu also stopped her steps and stared back at Zhang Ruochen as she calmly said, “Don’t you think that the condition proposed is too rude?”
“Don’t think so.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “The reason why I said that is already the greatest courtesy to you, otherwise, I would have already opened my Heavenly Eyes and personally searched for the brokenness in you.”
“What kind of brokenness?”Qi Fayu said.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and did not answer her.
The Immortal Blood Clan was able to control their own flesh, blood, and bones and change into the appearance of another person, thus, they could easily hide within the major forces.
However, the Undying Blood Clan possessed a pair of blood wings, and even if they took the blood wings into their bodies and turned into the appearance of a normal person, their back bones were definitely different from normal people.
The Immortal Blood Clan’s brokenness was also in their back.
Qi Fayu just laughed, simply ignoring Zhang Ruochen and no longer talking about the reconciliation, and travelled straight in the direction of the mountain top.
“The opportunity has been given to you, since you didn’t cherish it, don’t blame me for being rude.”
Zhang Ruochen’s hands, pressed at the location of his temples, and the Heavenly Eye at his brow emerged, shooting out a pillar of light that fell onto Qi Fayu’s body.
However, the light from the Heavenly Eye was blocked by a layer of white mist, making it impossible to see Qi Fayyu’s real body.
A sneer appeared on Qi Fayu’s face, “Since I dared to sneak into the Two Eyes Sect, I naturally have the means to hide my true body, and with your Heavenly Eyes, you want to see through me?”
Zhang Ruochen put away his Heavenly Eyes and said, “It doesn’t matter. Not being able to see through now doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to see through in the future, and I believe that sooner or later, one day, I will make you show your true form.”
Next, both of them stopped talking and began to resist the second mountain’s mountain “potential” with all their might, endeavouring to climb towards the top of the mountain.
The mountain “potential” of the second mountain was several times more powerful than the first mountain, and it was a great test of the cultivator’s willpower.
Even Zhang Ruochen felt some strain and slowed down his climbing speed.
Fine beads of sweat emerged from Qi Fayu’s glistening white forehead, constantly sliding down her cheeks, soaking most of the dao robe on her body.
Soon, Zhang Ruochen passed behind her, overtaking her.
Qi Fayu raised her head and glanced forward, a strange look flashing through her beautiful eyes, clearly not expecting that Zhang Ruochen’s willpower was actually stronger than hers.
“If we use the mountain’s momentum, we should have some chance of cleaning her up.”
After thinking about it, Zhang Ruochen shook his head again.
Although, his willpower was a bit stronger than Qi Fayu’s, resisting that mountain “momentum” still made it quite hard for him. If, however, he were to split his strength to fight again, he would likely be in danger.
Besides, Qi Fayu was not someone to be slaughtered, who knew if she had any other cards?
Zhang Ruochen restrained himself for the time being and charged towards the top of the mountain with a burst of energy.
After spending two hours, finally, he passed through the layers of clouds and mist and took the final step, being the first to reach the top of the second mountain.
At this moment, the Sacred Transmission disciples at the bottom of the Ancient God Mountain also discovered the silhouette at the top of the second heavy mountain.
“Quickly look, someone has ascended the second heavy mountain.”
“What kind of person is it? Is it Qi Fayu, or Qin Yufan? Who is that that?”
Many Sacred Transmission disciples revealed astonished looks, because, the silhouette at the top of the second heavy mountain appeared quite unfamiliar.
“It can’t be Lin Yue from the Everlasting Life Academy, can it? It looks very much like him.”
“How could it be, Lin Yue is just a newly promoted Sacred Transmission disciple, it’s absolutely impossible for him to ascend the second mountain.”
Xun Hua Liu and Mu Ji Ji saw the silhouette at the top of the second heavy mountain and were so shocked that they froze, and for a moment, they were unable to speak.
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