After Flying Shadow Golden Lord left.
“Brother Beichen, congratulations!” Martial God hurried to offer his felicitations to Lin Yun.
“Martial God, it is all thanks to you. You knelt on the ground and kowtowed for a full ten days, begging on my behalf for the chance to meet Flying Shadow Sword Venerable.” Lin Yun said.
“You… you knew all along.” Martial God was stunned.
“Martial God, you have helped me so much, I truly do not know how to thank you properly.” Lin Yun’s expression was complicated.
“Back then, to save my life, you directly fell out with the commander of the Heavenly Fire Divine Hall. You took such a great risk to rescue me. Compared to that, the help I gave you is nothing, hardly worth mentioning thanks for.” Martial God said with a smile.
Martial God smiled and continued, “Besides, I only helped you secure the opportunity to meet my master. In the end, it was your own strength that won his recognition. You relied on yourself to obtain this fortune.”
“Brother Beichen, come, I will first take you to your accommodation.”
Having said that, Martial God led Lin Yun straight towards a small mountain peak opposite.
On the way.
“Brother Beichen, just now in your battle with my eldest senior brother, you won so easily. You must still have some techniques you did not fully use, right?” Martial God said.
“Indeed, I still have some techniques left. That was certainly not my limit.” Lin Yun smiled faintly.
“To handle eldest senior brother with such ease while still holding back some techniques, you are too strong!” Martial God could not help but give a thumbs up, filled with admiration.
After settling Lin Yun into his accommodation, Lin Yun went alone to the great hall to audience with Flying Shadow Golden Lord.
Inside the great hall.
“I pay my respects to Golden Lord.” Lin Yun bowed towards Flying Shadow Golden Lord.
“This copy of the Flying Shadow Sword Technique, take it first. The advanced chapter of the Flying Shadow Sword Technique that I sold outside is a simplified version. This one is the complete version, with much more detailed content.”
Having spoken, Flying Shadow Golden Lord tossed the secret manual to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun caught the manual and immediately infused it with inner strength to activate it.
As expected, Lin Yun discovered that the seventh level of the Flying Shadow Sword Technique he had cultivated, as well as the eighth level he was currently studying, had far more complete content here.
No wonder learning the seventh level Thunderbolt had been so difficult back then. No wonder Lin Yun had made no progress at all in learning the eighth level Three Yang Slash. It was because what he had studied before was the simplified version, making it much harder to learn.
“You should now be studying the eighth level, Three Yang Slash. Next, I shall first demonstrate it for you.” Having said that, Flying Shadow Golden Lord drew his treasured sword, stood up, walked to the centre of the great hall, and began to perform the sword dance.
Lin Yun watched Flying Shadow Golden Lord without blinking, afraid to miss even the slightest detail.
This was, after all, a demonstration from the creator of the sword technique itself, extremely precious.
Flying Shadow Golden Lord also demonstrated very slowly, allowing Lin Yun to clearly see every aspect of his execution. Especially when reaching specific details, Flying Shadow Golden Lord particularly emphasised the techniques and profound mysteries within.
“So that is how it is used!”
“I see now!”
Watching some of the execution techniques, Lin Yun felt a sudden enlightenment.
After finishing the first demonstration, Flying Shadow Golden Lord paused for a moment, then demonstrated it a second time for Lin Yun.
After two demonstrations, Flying Shadow Golden Lord told Lin Yun to return first and ponder the cultivation on his own, coming back to ask if there was anything he did not understand.
Lin Yun then took his leave.
Returning to his residence, Lin Yun devoted himself fully to sword practice. First, he read through the Flying Shadow Sword Technique given by Flying Shadow Golden Lord once more, then, based on the demonstration, began practising the sword.
Days of such sword practice continued, one after another.
Lin Yun had no distractions, remaining in this space solely to practise swordsmanship, never leaving. Only occasionally, during rests, would he visit Martial God, who lived in the thatched hut next door.
…
In this calm cultivation, time passed quietly like flowing water.
Four hundred years later.
The treasured sword in Lin Yun’s hand slashed out, two astonishing sword energies rushing forth alongside the blade, causing the space ahead to explode with sound. The power of this strike was clearly far greater than the seventh level Thunderbolt of the Flying Shadow Sword Technique!
“Flying Shadow Sword Technique, eighth level, Three Yang Slash!”
“I have finally mastered it. This move is indeed extremely powerful!” Lin Yun showed excitement on his face.
During these four hundred years, Flying Shadow Golden Lord had guided Lin Yun several more times, personally demonstrating and explaining the profound mysteries and principles within.
Moreover, over the four hundred years, Lin Yun had often entered the One Thought Clarity Tower. In reality, the time he had spent cultivating far exceeded four hundred years.
Even so, such a speed of mastery was already astonishing.
