“When master left the Martial City Academy Palace, he left behind ten drops of Semi-Sacred True Liquid, borrowing the medicinal power of those ten drops of Semi-Sacred True Liquid, it’s not a difficult task to reach the late Xuanji Realm.”
Kong Xuan stood by the poolside, his figure as slender as a willow branch, his skin emitting a faint white fluorescence, and a pair of seven-coloured peac*ck feathers growing on his back.
After Zhang Ruochen left, Kong Xuan had no way to directly refine the Semi-Sacred True Liquid, and could only drop the Semi-Sacred True Liquid into the bath, absorbing the holy power within it by bathing.
After completely absorbing the ten drops of Semi-Sacred True Liquid, her martial cultivation naturally skyrocketed to her current level.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and took out a storage bracelet and handed it to Kong Xuan, saying, “This storage bracelet will belong to you in the future!”
Kong Xuan, being Zhang Ruochen’s personal servant girl, naturally understood the purpose of the storage bracelet, extending his hands, he took the bracelet and once again bowed to Zhang Ruochen, “Many thanks master.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “There are a total of twenty drops of Semi-Saint True Liquid inside the bracelet, and ten plants of Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grass, which should be enough for you to cultivate to the Xuan Extreme Realm Grand Circle. It seems like you haven’t started cultivating martial arts yet, right?”
“No.” Kong Xuan said.
Zhang Ruochen thought for a moment and said, “In that case, then I will pass on to you a Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial skill, Ten Veins Sword Wave.”
Hearing the words “Spirit Grade Upper Grade Martial Skill”, Kong Xuan’s eyes revealed a bright light, but there was some hesitation in his heart as he said, “Master, Kong Xuan’s qualifications are low, and he is only at the late Xuanji Realm now, so even if he were to cultivate a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Martial Skill, it would still take a lot of time. If you want to successfully cultivate a Spirit Grade Upper Grade Martial Skill, it will probably take even more time, and you may not be able to cultivate it successfully.”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “So, you are worried that cultivating a Spirit Grade Upper Grade Martial Skill will delay the cultivation of your Feats.”
“For other martial artists, this is indeed a big problem. However, you don’t need to worry about it because you spend most of your time in the Martial City Academy, and you almost seldom fight against people. When I passed on the martial skill to you, I actually didn’t think that you would be able to cultivate it immediately, you only need to spend a little bit of time on comprehending the Ten Chakra Sword Wave while cultivating the Peac*ck Sacred Canon. Perhaps you have a high level of enlightenment and will soon be able to learn the Ten Veins Sword Wave?”
“Slave servant understands! Thank you, master, for rewarding the martial skill.” Kong Xuan said.
In fact, the reason why Zhang Ruochen intended to pass on the Ten Veins Sword Wave to Kong Xuan was also because he himself intended to start cultivating the Ten Veins Sword Wave.
Zhang Ruochen sat down by the pool, picked up a tree branch, drew a picture of a human’s left hand on the ground, and drew five meridian lines on his palm.
Zhang Ruochen pointed at the pattern on the ground with the branch and said, “Every martial artist can open up the hand vein, which is in turn connected to the ten fingers, so as long as you infuse your true qi and strike it out from your fingertips, you can form a pillar of true qi. Just like this!”
Zhang Ruochen infused his true qi into his index finger and quickly struck out with a finger.
“Wow…”
A pillar of true qi flew out from Zhang Ruochen’s fingertip, piercing through the trunk of a large tree in the distance, leaving a perforation the size of a wine glass.
“Master is so powerful, is this a sword wave?”
Kong Xuan looked at Zhang Ruochen with reverence, it was almost as if he was looking up to a holy man.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “This is just a pillar of true qi, not a sword wave. True Qi Columns are capable of piercing through trees, stones, and iron, but they cannot break through an Earth Extreme Realm martial artist’s protective True Qi Shield, much less a Heaven Extreme Realm martial artist’s protective Heavenly Dipper.”
“Then how do I have to cultivate sword waves?” Kong Xuan asked curiously.
Zhang Ruochen said, “One must first cultivate sword intent, hammering the ten fingers to turn each finger into a sharpest sword. Incorporate the sword intent into the true qi, and the pillar of true qi will naturally turn into a sword wave.”
Kong Xuan asked, “Now, slave girl, what do I have to cultivate first?”
“Cultivate sword intent.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and swung it in the void.
Nine sword qi, flew towards a stone wall dozens of metres away, and clattering, grains of lime fell from the stone wall, forming a “sword” character.
The strokes of the word “sword” were very smooth, like a dragon flying and phoenix dancing, moreover, the nine strokes were all of the same depth, and the power appeared to be very even.
Zhang Ruochen pointed towards the word “sword” and said, “The word “sword” contains my sword intent, so you can realise it underneath the stone wall! Whenever you are able to reach the beginning level of Sword Follows Heart, you can start cultivating the Ten Veins Sword Wave.”
“The slave girl will definitely not let down her master’s expectations, and will reach the Sword Follows Heart Initial Stage Realm at the fastest speed possible.”
Kong Xuan sat down on the bottom of the stone wall, looking at the word ‘sword’, gazing at it and began to fully comprehend it.
“She cultivates the Peac*ck Sacred Canon, which should be of some help above comprehending sword intent.”
Seeing that Kong Xuan had only spent half an hour in meditation, Zhang Ruochen nodded in satisfaction and turned around to leave, walking out of the Martial City Palace of Learning and heading straight to Liu Chuan Shen’s mansion in Sky Demon Martial City.
He was looking for Liu Chuan Shen and had something important to discuss.
After Liu Chuan Shen had broken an arm, he had been recuperating in Sky Demon Martial City, still enjoying the treatment of a silver-robed elder.
On this day, Liu Chuan Shen was talking about martial arts with an old man in his mansion, drinking tea while arguing about swords, and on the left and right sides stood ten maidservants each, waiting on the two.
Liu Chuan Shen laughed, “Brother Yan, worthy of being the former number one person in the Xuan Ranking, after breaking through the shackles, he immediately broke the cocoon and transformed into a butterfly, in just a few short months’ time, he has reached the Great Circle of Earthly Extremities from the early stage of Earthly Extremities Realm, it’s impossible for one not to admire him.”
Yan Lixuan smiled, “I have been trapped in the Great Circle of the Xuan Polarity Realm for forty years, and in the past forty years, even though there has been no breakthroughs in the martial realm, however, my martial experience, martial insights, martial skill cultivation, and spiritual power have long since reached the level of the Heavenly Polarity Realm, and coupled with the cultivation resources that have been accumulated over the past forty years, once I break through to the Earthly Extremity Realm, I naturally breakthroughs come one after the other. Besides, it’s just reaching the Earth Extreme Realm’s Great Perfection, it’s still unknown whether or not you can reach the Heavenly Extreme Realm and become a Martial Dao Myth.”
Liu Chuan Shen said, “Brother Yan is being modest! With Brother Yan’s current strength, even those top experts on the Earth Ranking may not be your match. If it weren’t for the fact that Brother Yan is already over fifty years old, there would definitely be Brother Yan’s name on the ‘Earth Ranking’. With Brother Yan’s attainments in martial arts, breaking through the Heavenly Extremity Realm is only a matter of time.”
Yan Lixuan was also confident in himself and sighed, “I still have to thank Zhang Ruochen, if it wasn’t for him untying my heart knot, I’m afraid that I would have been stuck in the Xuan Polarity Realm Great Circle for the rest of my life.”
“Speaking of Zhang Ruochen, it really makes one feel that the future generations are fearful, he has risen strongly in just two years, now I’m afraid that even I’m afraid that I’m not a match for him.” Liu Chuan Shen sighed, “I’ve sort of watched him grow up step by step, the speed of cultivation is rare in the world, I really don’t know which step he will be able to reach in the future?”
An old servant walked over. Reporting, “Master, Zhang Ruochen from the Martial City Academy is paying a visit.”
Liu Chuan Shen and Yan Lixuan glanced at each other and smiled at the same time.
“Quickly invite.” Liu Chuan Shen hurriedly said.
A moment later, under the leadership of that one old servant, Zhang Ruochen walked into the mansion and met Liu Chuan Shen and Yan Lixuan who were drinking tea.
Yan Lixuan greeted from afar, “Little friend Zhang, we meet again!”
Zhang Ruochen glanced at Yan Lixuan and first felt a bit unfamiliar, after thinking back, he immediately remembered.
This old man, wasn’t he the number one in the Xuan Ranking back then, who seemed to be called Yan Lixuan, a rather powerful old man.
Yan Lixuan was able to cultivate the Spirit Grade Upper Grade Sword Technique “Infinite Sword Technique” to a great success at the Xuan Extreme Realm, knowing that many geniuses at the Earth Extreme Realm had not cultivated a Spirit Grade Upper Grade Martial Technique to a great success.
From this, it could be seen that Yan Lixuan’s attainments in martial arts were very high.
Of course, it was also because of that set of Spirit Grade Upper Grade Sword Technique that caused him to develop a knot in his heart, spending forty years without the slightest progress in his cultivation.
When they met again, his martial arts cultivation had already reached the Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle.
It could truly be described as: once you make a breakthrough, the sky is wide and the sea is vast.
“Senior Yan’s cultivation seems to be on the verge of reaching the Heavenly Extremity Realm, right?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Yan Lixuan’s eyes narrowed as he laughed, “Mister Yan is getting old, his blood qi is no longer as vigorous as it used to be, so he simply cannot be compared to young friend Zhang. It is said that even Huo Jingcheng of the Yuntai Sect House and the Zhenling County Lord both died under Little Friend Zhang’s sword.”
Zhang Ruochen sensed the battle intent on Yan Lixuan’s body and smiled, “If Senior Yan wants to spar, Senior Yan is always ready to accompany him.”
“Good! Since Mister Yan lost to Junior Zhang last time, he has been expecting to fight with Junior Zhang again all the time, in that case, it would be better to choose a day than to fight on it, so let’s fight again today.”
Yan Lixuan stood up boldly, his body’s aura changing violently, as if transforming into a sharp divine sword.
“Boom!”
Yan Lixuan struck the stone tabletop with his palm, and the tea on the table immediately flew out of the teacups and splashed three metres high.
Giggle!
A wave of cold air, spat out from Yan Lixuan’s palm, condensed the tea into ice, transforming it into a crystal clear ice sword.
“Swish!”
Although Yan Lixuan was already in his sixties, he did not have the slightest bit of old age, instead, he was full of vigour and blood, and like a bolt of lightning, he passed through the surface of the pool and stabbed at Zhang Ruochen with his sword.
Yan Lixuan’s Sword Intent Realm had already reached the peak of Sword Follows Heart, only one step away from reaching the Sword Mind Realm.
His attainments in swordsmanship were naturally extraordinary, and his seemingly bland sword contained endless killing opportunities.
Zhang Ruochen picked a blade of grass at random and pinched it between his two fingers.
It was only when Yan Lixuan’s ice sword was only three feet away from Zhang Ruochen’s chest that Zhang Ruochen struck out, stabbing at Yan Lixuan’s brow.
What appeared to be just a blade of grass was no different from a divine sword in Yan Lixuan’s eyes.
If he continued to move forward, he would definitely be pierced through the Qi Sea in his brow by the blade of grass.
As a last resort, Yan Lixuan could only immediately withdraw his ice sword and execute the Spirit Grade Upper Grade Sword Technique, the Infinite Sword Technique.
“Limitless Breaking Kill!”
The ice sword swung, forming a roiling sword shadow that simultaneously stabbed towards Zhang Ruochen.
There was more than a tenfold difference in the power that erupted from Yan Lixuan’s Infinite Sword Technique when he was at the Great Perfection of the Xuanji Realm and his current Infinite Sword Technique.
The power of a Spirit Grade Upper Grade Sword Technique had to be supported by a strong cultivation in order to be able to execute it.
At this moment, the Infinite Sword Technique became even more subtle and powerful.
It was clearly just a sword, but it made it feel like a flood of waterfalls coming in, with nowhere to hide.
