“Alright! For these seven days, you’ll temporarily stay in my cultivation mansion, and we can usually exchange some doubts about martial arts, and we should be able to improve each other as well.” Luo Shuihan said.
“I’m afraid it’s not too good.” Zhang Ruochen said.
One must know that Luo Shuihan’s Earth Ranking test results had already spread out, and now, she was clearly the number one expert and number one talent of the younger generation, and coupled with her illustrious family lineage and stunning looks, she could even be called the number one beauty.
With so many halos converging on her, she naturally became the focus of everyone.
Moreover, many people had seen Zhang Ruochen come to her cultivation mansion, which was already something that had surprised countless people.
If Zhang Ruochen also stayed at her cultivation mansion for seven days in a row, one could imagine what kind of sensation it would cause?
Luo Shuihan was so smart that she understood the concerns in Zhang Ruochen’s heart in just an instant, and lightly smiled, ”Since Senior Brother has some concerns in his heart, then come back tomorrow. The door of my cultivation mansion will always be open for you.”
Hearing Luo Shuihan’s words instead made Zhang Ruochen feel like he appeared a bit pretentious.
Even she didn’t care about the gossip, so why should you care?
In the end, Zhang Ruochen did not stay and got up to leave.
Returning to the Secret Mansion of Cultivation, Zhang Ruochen explained to Kong Xuan some of the doubts about the cultivation of the Ten Veins Sword Wave, and then began to cultivate alone, consolidating the realm he had just broken through.
Four days ago, Kong Xuan had reached the initial level of Sword Follows Heart, and had already begun to cultivate the Ten Veins Sword Wave.
The next day, Zhang Ruochen once again went to Luo Shuihan’s cultivation mansion to continue comprehending the martial dao in the Half-Saint’s Holy Intent.
Five days passed in a row, but Zhang Ruochen didn’t gain anything, instead, his spiritual power had improved quite a bit.
Although he didn’t have any clue about the martial dao in the Semi-Sacred Sacred Intent, Luo Shuihan appeared to be very calm and simply said, “For five days, has Senior Brother been deliberately trying to comprehend the martial dao?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “I also feel that there is something wrong with the method, and there are times when deliberately pursuing something will not succeed instead. Tomorrow, I’ll try a different method.”
On the sixth day, after Zhang Ruochen entered the Semi-Sacred Sacred Intent, he no longer deliberately tried to comprehend the martial dao, instead, he emptied his mind and began to watch the scenery in the Sacred Intent, feeling the washing of the water currents on his body.
The more he did so, the more serene his heart became.
Right at this moment, on the surface of the water, a shadowy figure appeared once again.
That one silhouette, very similar to Luo Xu’s portrait, stood on the surface of the water, as if it was walking on a flat surface, and struck out one arcane fist move after another.
Sure enough, it appeared!
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was overjoyed as he looked over carefully and quickly recognised that set of punches as Luo Xu’s famous stance, the Luo Water Fist Technique.
The thirty-six moves of the Luo Water Fist Technique had shaken the Heavenly Demon Ridge with might, and it was still a source of delight for martial artists to this day.
However, the Luo Water Fist Technique struck by that one shadow was again completely different from the Luo Water Fist Technique that Zhang Ruochen had seen.
This was because, that one shadow seemed to have struck out many punching strokes, but from start to finish, it had only struck out one punch, and there were no thirty-six strokes at all.
Zhang Ruochen kept observing and discovered some new subtleties.
The one fist move struck by that one shadow contained all the subtleties of the thirty-six Luo Shui Fist Techniques, and there was even a sense of transcendence.
“What a powerful fist move.”
Zhang Ruochen followed the gourd and cultivated after that one silhouette.
After beating it once, Zhang Ruochen realised that he hadn’t even learnt the entire ‘form’ of that fist move.
If he didn’t even learn the “form”, how could he learn the “meaning”?
Zhang Ruochen began to study over and over again, constantly pondering over that one fist move, constantly rehearsing, constantly modifying, and constantly comprehending.
Ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, two thousand times ……
I don’t know how many thousands of times he had rehearsed it, but Zhang Ruochen finally grasped a hint of subtlety, and it was as if a door had suddenly been opened into the hall of martial arts.
Finally the fist technique was initiated.
Zhang Ruochen once again rehearsed the fist technique, his legs were like hooks, constantly moving his steps, and when he punched out, the entire scroll world seemed to resound with the sound of wind and thunder.
It looked like one punch, but it was like it contained the power of thirty-six punches.
In Luo Shuihan’s mansion, a gold foil scroll was suspended in mid-air.
Huang Yichen, Duanmu Xingling, and Luo Shuihan were sitting at the bottom of the scroll, each of them a first-class beauty with different temperaments.
In front of the three of them, three crystal clear emerald jade cups were placed, the cups filled with Half-Saint True Liquid.
The rich holy qi of the Semi-Sacred True Liquid was like it had transformed into a white dragon mist that kept fluttering between the three of them.
Today, Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling had deliberately come to visit Luo Shuihan, after all, they had both been the proud daughters of the Western Academy’s Heavenly Pride, and their friendship was still very deep.
A cup of Half-Saint True Liquid was placed in front of them, but Huang Yichen didn’t have the slightest interest in it, and opened the door to ask, “Senior Sister Luo, I heard that Zhang Ruochen has been staying in your mansion for nine days?”
Luo Shuihan said, “So it turns out that Sister Dust’s visit is fake, and searching for Zhang Ruochen is real.”
Luo Shuihan was younger than Huang Yichen, but her cultivation was higher than Huang Yichen.
Therefore, Huang Yichen called her “Senior Sister” and she called Huang Yichen “Sister Dust”.
“That’s right, just came to find him.”
Huang Smokey didn’t hide it, but instead said with a straight face.
Why wasn’t it justified?
A fiancée coming to find her fiancé is supposed to be the natural thing to do.
Right now, there were already a lot of rumours and gossips circulating amongst the Martial City Academy Palace, which was why Huang Yichen had dragged Duanmu Xingling along with him to visit Luo Shuihan, wanting to find out if Zhang Ruochen and Luo Shuihan were really already together as the legend had it.
Luo Shuihan smiled faintly and said, “Starling, what are you doing here again?”
Duanmu Xingling sat on the side, having already drunk all of that cup of Half-Saint True Liquid, and laughed, “Of course I came to see the fun, I just want to know what method Zhang Ruochen used to be able to become a regular guest in Senior Sister Luo’s residence. Right now, outside, I don’t know how many people are envious and jealous.”
Luo Shuihan’s gaze glanced towards the picture of the Half-Saint Sacred Intent, revealing a hint of joy as she said, “He’s about to wake up, so when he does, you guys can ask him in person!”
Suddenly, a faint layer of white light appeared on the scroll, and a particle of it flew out and landed on top of Zhang Ruochen’s head.
Zhang Ruochen, who was originally sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes and asked, “How many days have I been cultivating in the Half-Saint Holy Intent?”
“Nine days.”
Luo Shuihan immediately walked over and said, “Cultivating for nine days at once, you should have gained quite a bit, right?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “I have already comprehended that type of Martial Dao, and now, I will pass it on to you. As long as you are able to cultivate to the point of initiation and capture the subtleties of that kind of Martial Dao, after you enter the Half-Saint Holy Intent, you will be able to cause a resonance and obtain the inheritance of that kind of Martial Dao. After all, the inheritance of that one type of martial dao was left to you by Senior Luo Xu.”
Luo Shuihan laughed, “There’s no hurry first, Sister Dust and Xing Ling are guests at my mansion, do you want to drink a cup of Half-Saint True Liquid together?”
Only at this moment did Zhang Ruochen notice Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling in the distance, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Cultivating for nine days in a row at Luo Shuihan’s mansion, it would be strange if Huang Yichen could still sit still.
After Zhang Ruochen taught Luo Shuihan a fist move, he left with Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling and walked out of Luo Shuihan’s cultivation mansion.
Duanmu Xingling was still a bit disbelieving as she said, “Zhang Ruochen, are you really just helping Senior Sister Luo to understand the Martial Dao?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I had already passed on the comprehended Martial Dao to Senior Sister Luo earlier, and you guys were right there. How come you still don’t believe it?”
“Che, it’s not like I saw with my own eyes that you passed on the Martial Dao to Senior Sister Luo.” Duanmu Xingling rolled her eyes and said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “That is the martial dao left behind by Senior Luo Xu, it belongs to the Luo Clan’s secrets, how can I let you see it?”
“Anyway, I just don’t believe it, not to mention that I don’t believe it, as long as it is spread out, no one in the entire Heavenly Demon Ridge would probably believe it.” Duanmu Xingling said, “Right now, who doesn’t know that Senior Sister Luo is the number one expert of the younger generation, she still doesn’t need your help?”
“If you don’t believe it, forget it.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Duanmu Starling looked at Huang Yichen and said, “Sister Dust, do you believe it or not?”
Huang Yichen said, “I believe.”
“You actually believe him?”
Duanmu Xingling widened her eyes and shook her head vigorously, saying, “It’s over, it’s over! It’s hopeless!”
Zhang Ruochen was also a bit surprised and glanced at Huang Yichen, his heart changing his image of her a bit.
It seemed that Senior Sister Huang was not a completely impulsive woman, and at least still knew how to judge right and wrong, black and white. This was very rare and valuable.
However, Huang Yichen’s next sentence again sent Zhang Ruochen into a bottomless abyss.
She said, ”I believe Senior Sister Luo, with Senior Sister Luo’s character, she would never lie to us. As for Zhang Ruochen’s words,…… just believe half of it!”
Zhang Ruochen cried and laughed, shaking his head, realising that he had still overestimated Huang Yichen.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s face straightened and said, “Senior Sister Huang, do you still remember that one dragon horn?”
Huang Yichen stopped abruptly and glanced towards Duanmu Xingling, revealing a cautious expression as she said, “Ready to go?”
“What dragon horn? What are you guys talking about? Where are you going?”
Duanmu Xingling was like a curious baby, staring at Zhang Ruochen one moment and Huang Yichen the next.
Zhang Ruochen said, “With the strength of the two of us, it’s impossible for us to swallow all the treasures of the four-winged Earth Dragon, we need at least six people. I think that we can bring along Senior Sister Duanmu.”
“Right! Right! Bring me along! What exactly are you guys hiding from me? Hurry up and tell me, it’s killing me!” Duanmu Xingling said.
Huang Yichen’s expression relaxed a bit and said, “Even if we have to find six people, we must find the six people we trust the most, there can’t be any uncertainties.”
Duanmu Xingling hastily patted his chest and said, “Obviously, I am the one you can trust.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded to Huang Yichen.
“Alright! Tell her then.”
Huang Yichen looked at Duanmu Xingling and said, “Xingling, do you still remember the last time you experienced in the Red Sky Secret Mansion?”
“Of course I remember.”
Huang Yichen said, “It was in the Red Sky Secret Mansion that we found a dragon horn, and we suspected that that one dragon horn was the key to unlocking the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the Tong Ming River.”
