Duanmu Xingling’s pair of flashing eyes stared at Zhang Ruochen, her voice sweet as she said, “What about you?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “I should have cultivated it to a great success!”
“Cultivating all thirteen swords to great success?”Duanmu Xingling was surprised.
Zhang Ruochen nodded.
Although Zhang Ruochen hadn’t rehearsed his sword technique, Duanmu Xingling didn’t doubt his words in the slightest, only that she was still very unconvinced in her heart, stomping her foot and spitting coldly, “Pervert.”
Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze stared towards the martial arts stage, only to see a familiar and beautiful woman appear in the centre of the stage.
Seeing that one woman, Huang Yichen’s eyes chilled as he said, “What an enemy, I didn’t expect her to come to the Sword Dao Department as well.”
At this moment, the woman who ascended the martial arts stage was none other than Xue Ying Rou.
Xue Ying Rou’s talent was very high, and her perception was also very high, she actually succeeded in cultivating the five swords, causing those students to be amazed.
“What a beautiful woman, I’m afraid that in the future, she will be the department flower of our Sword Dao Department.”
“Not only does she look like a beautiful woman, but her enlightenment and cultivation are so high, if she can have a kiss, even if she loses ten years of her life, it would be worth it.”
……
Zhang Ruochen nodded, Snow Shadow Rou’s enlightenment was indeed very high.
Back then, he had only slightly instructed Xue Ying Rou, and Xue Ying Rou had made up for the shortcomings of her own sword technique, bringing her sword cultivation to another level.
When Huang Yichen saw that Zhang Ruochen had been gazing at Snow Shadow Rou on the martial arts stage and, moreover, nodding her head, her heart became very displeased and, with a cold snort, she directly leapt up and landed on the martial arts stage as well.
In terms of beauty alone, Huang Yichen and Xue Yingru could be said to be in between, and when she appeared, the eyes of all those trainees below lit up.
Another department flower level beauty had appeared.
By the time Huang Yichen finished rehearsing the five moves of the sword technique, another roar of voices rang out from below.
“Another five moves, another overwhelming beauty, could it be that this term’s Sword Dao Department is going to produce two departmental flowers?”
“I have to put my best foot forward, no matter what, I have to pass the three rounds of examination and become a Saint of the Holy Academy. Not for anything else, just for the two department flowers.”
……
After Huang Yichen left the martial arts stage, Xu Hai gave a colour to Xu Canglan, indicating that he could make his move.
Xu Canglan, the second genius of the current generation of the Xu Saints Sect Clan, was only twenty-eight years old, and had already reached the Small Extremity Position of the Heavenly Extremity Realm. He ascended the martial arts stage step by step, looking very stable.
“Wow!”
The longsword came out of its sheath, and Xu Canglan’s arm stretched out as he quickly stabbed out with a sword.
Travelling like a cloud and flowing water, waving his sword strokes, just a breath of time passed and he had already rehearsed ten sword strokes, withdrawing his sword back into its scabbard.
Xu Canglan bowed in the direction of the two Half-Saints and said, “The student’s qualifications are limited, so he could only cultivate ten moves.”
The students below, had long seen Xu Canglan rehearse ten moves of the sword technique, so, having been prepared in their hearts, they didn’t feel shocked, they just felt inferior.
Among them, a trainee who had rehearsed five sword moves, sighed, “I was considered a first genius at the Martial City Academy in Shilong County, even the Palace Master had praised me many times. Only after coming to the Holy Academy did I realise how humble all those glories I had before were, compared to Xu Canglan, I’m still too far behind.”
Another student who had rehearsed five sword strokes also let out a long sigh and said, “Give me three more days, and perhaps I’ll be able to cultivate ten swords.”
“My so-called talent is simply worthless in front of Xu Canglan.”
Not just those trainees, even the Spirit Pivot Half-Saint sitting on the jade lotus platform was slightly startled, carefully sizing up Xu Canglan for a moment, saying, “I didn’t expect that the Xu Sheng Sect Valve would have given birth to such an amazingly gifted son of heaven… Within three days, to have cultivated ten swordsmanships, even if it was me in the Heavenly Extremity Realm, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. Only, his swordsmanship, it’s still a bit green and not thick enough, it’s still far away from the realm of Sword Heart Understanding.”
Of course, the Spirit Pivot Half-Saint didn’t know that Xu Canglan had obtained the Soul Pursuing Thirteen Sword’s Heart Technique Recipe seven days in advance, and only thought that Xu Canglan possessed heaven-defying enlightenment.
Originally, the Ling Shu Half-Saint had come to observe, most of all because he wanted to see Zhang Ruochen’s performance, and Xu Canglan had already counted it as an unexpected surprise.
Although the Lingyuan Half-Saint guessed what was probably going on, but the examination questions were leaking out from his mouth, so of course he couldn’t say anything.
He said, ”This term’s trainees all have very high natural talent, surpassing the previous term. Last term, there were no geniuses of Xu Canglan’s level.”
The Spirit Pivot Half-Saint also nodded.
When Xu Hai heard the two Half-Saints’ appreciation of Xu Canglan, his heart was also secretly happy, it seems that that one Sword Heart Pill is already not mine.
Duanmu Xingling snorted coldly, simply not believing that Xu Canglan’s enlightenment would be that high.
Thus, after Xu Canglan stepped down from the stage, she immediately ascended the martial arts stage and began to rehearse her sword moves.
Eleven moves.
Duanmu Xingling unexpectedly directly performed eleven sword moves, moreover, the speed at which she performed the sword moves was even faster than Xu Canglan, and one could almost only see a single silhouette.
In the end, the eleven silhouettes reunited and transformed into Duanmu Xingling’s body.
“Boom! ”
The entire arena, once again, shook.
“Not living, too devastating! How old is she, to be able to participate in the Holy Academy Examination and still be able to perform eleven sword moves.”
Earlier, that one genius student who had performed five sword moves had already been struck down once by Xu Canglan, and now he was struck down again, unable to accept this fact, he almost fainted.
Duanmu Xingling looked like a fifteen or sixteen year old girl, and in the eyes of the crowd, was definitely less than twenty years old.
It was too young!
Many of the genius trainees were so ashamed that they had the thought of immediately fleeing from the Sacred Academy, feeling that they were not qualified to enter the Sacred Academy at all.
Among them, the ones who were hit the hardest were of course Xu Hai and Xu Canglan, who had always regarded Zhang Ruochen as the biggest threat, but hadn’t thought that a Duanmu Xingling would actually appear halfway through the process.
The Sword Heart Pill that was within their reach was snatched away by Duanmu Xingling.
Xu Hai’s eyes showed murderous intent, itching to break Duanmu Starling into pieces.
Abominable, hateful.
Xu Canglan was able to rehearse ten sword moves, and that was because he knew the exam questions in advance, and the time to cultivate the sword technique was not three days, but ten days.
Apart from Xu Canglan, one of the most outstanding trainees had only managed to rehearse seven sword strokes, and that was still an heir to a Saint Clan, who had long since gained notoriety as a man of distinction who had appeared in the East Region Wind and Cloud Newspaper.
What was Duanmu Xingling?
Never heard of her before, where did she come from?
Both Half-Saints’ eyes were also glowing as their gazes converged on Duanmu Xingling’s body.
The Spirit Pivot Half-Saint said, ”She has a high level of enlightenment, her realm in the Dao of the Sword is far beyond Xu Canglan’s, and she’s probably not far from being a Sword Mind Pill. If she were to take the Sword Heart Pill, she would have a chance to go for the Sword Heart Passage Realm.”
Although Xu Canglan had rehearsed ten sword moves, his realm in sword dao could not be hidden from a Half-Saint level powerhouse. One glance could tell that there was a huge gap between him and Duanmu Xingling.
After seeing Duanmu Xingling perform his sword technique, a few sceptical looks appeared in the eyes of the Spirit Pivot Half-Saint, always feeling that it was very unreasonable for Xu Canglan to be able to perform ten moves of the sword technique, could it be that someone had leaked the questions of the examination in advance?
This matter, after all, involved a Half-Saint, and the Spirit Pivot Half-Saint did not dare to report it easily, so he could only suppress his doubts in his heart.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Senior Sister Duanmu is hiding very Avray, such enlightenment is by no means something an ordinary person can achieve.”
If Zhang Ruochen hadn’t reached the realm of Sword Heart Gnosis, even he didn’t dare to guarantee that he would be able to do even better than Duanmu Xingling.
In terms of enlightenment alone, Duanmu Xingling and him were almost in between.
Huang Yichen also nodded gently, suddenly feeling that Duanmu Xingling had become somewhat unfamiliar, as if she had never known the real Duanmu Xingling.
After Duanmu Xingling stepped down from the stage, Zhang Ruochen followed suit and ascended the martial arts stage.
As he brushed past Duanmu Xingling, Zhang Ruochen whispered to Duanmu Xingling, “Senior Sister Duanmu, perhaps, I’ve guessed your identity.”
Upon hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, Duanmu Xingling’s delicate body trembled slightly, and a complex look of fear, struggle, relief, and worry appeared in her eyes.
She didn’t know if Zhang Ruochen had really guessed her identity, and if Zhang Ruochen had known, how would he treat her in the future?
Zhang Ruochen would definitely not report it to the Sacred Courtyard, Duanmu Xingling was certain of this.
But could they still maintain their current relationship?
Until this moment, Duanmu Xingling finally felt afflicted, and in her heart, she also regretted very much that she really should have told him the truth earlier.
For some reason, she really cared about what was in Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
In an instant, she guessed countless outcomes. By the end of the day, her face, had become quite pale, as if she had been very sick.
Zhang Ruochen ascended the martial arts stage.
After the battle at the Pilgrimage Heavenly Stairs, Zhang Ruochen had become a celebrity, and many people recognised him, knowing that he had cultivated to the Sword Mind Realm.
“You guys, how many swords has Zhang Ruochen successfully cultivated? Is it possible to surpass Xu Canglan and Duanmu Xingling?”
“Big brother, that’s Sword Heart Passage, how many people have reached Sword Heart Passage in the Heavenly Extreme Realm? I think that he has successfully cultivated at least ten swords as well, if not more.”
“I don’t think so. Zhang Ruochen may not be highly enlightened to reach the Sword Mind Enlightenment Realm. I’ve heard that he received the inheritance of the Buddha Emperor, so he might have taken the dragon relic to reach the realm of Sword Mind Enlightenment.”
……
Zhang Ruochen stood in the centre of the martial arts stage and gave his name, then, he pinched his index and middle fingers together and his whole body’s true qi revolved.
“Seven Killings of the Dead Soul.”
Zhang Ruochen’s arm slowly raised, using his hand as a sword, and with an extremely slow speed, he stabbed out with one finger.
“Swish swish!”
A sword qi, centred on his arm, coalesced and took shape, transforming into seven invisible sword shadows that stabbed out.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s slow speed, those trainees below were very puzzled.
“How can one kill the enemy when the sword technique is performed so slowly?”
“Is this considered cultivation to great completion?”
“Sword Heart, could it be that the name doesn’t live up to its name?”
Countless questions that popped up.
It couldn’t be helped, who called Zhang Ruochen’s movements too slow, so slow that it didn’t even look like he was performing a sword technique.
If someone were to observe carefully, they would realise that every single movement Zhang Ruochen performed was very standard and flawless, seemingly even more perfect than the original swordsmanship moves.
Only, the average person, simply did not have that eyesight.
Present, only the two Half-Saints, and Xu Hai, who had reached the First Transformation of the Fish Dragon, could see some clues.
“Could it be the …… Realm of Transformation?”
Xu Hai’s face changed, and in his eyes, an incredibly shocked look appeared.
