Zhang Ruochen didn’t immediately refine Qi Hong’s knowledge, and stopped for the time being, exhaling a long breath, standing up, and strolling around the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood as a means of adjusting his state of mind.
This walk was three days and three nights.
Zhang Ruochen walked around the trunk of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood in three hundred circles.
Finally, Zhang Ruochen felt that his own state, had reached its peak before he truly began to digest Qi Hong’s knowledge.
In order to make it easier to absorb, Zhang Ruochen divided Qi Hong’s knowledge into three parts.
The first portion, Qi Hong’s Sword Dao knowledge.
The second portion, Qi Hong’s Sacred Dao knowledge.
The third portion, the other knowledge.
What Zhang Ruochen valued the most was, Qi Hong’s understanding of the Sword Dao and the Holy Dao.
Qi Hong was the disciple of the Sword Saint of the Buried Moon, his attainments in the Sword Dao were naturally not low, not only did he cultivate more than thirty types of Sword Techniques, but also, cultivated Sword II to the fourth level of the realm, Yin Yang .Interaction.Fusion.
Zhang Ruochen’s first step was that he intended to completely absorb Qi Hong’s knowledge of the Sword Dao first.
Sitting on the ground, Zhang Ruochen put his hands together and began to mobilise the three Ancestor Sword Intentions in his Qi Sea, suppressing Qi Hong’s Sword Dao knowledge.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen began to refine it with all his might.
Not only was he just absorbing Qi Hong’s Sword Dao knowledge, he was also continuously absorbing the Three Ancestor Sword Intent, causing his understanding of the Sword Dao to grow by leaps and bounds.
At the same time, he was using two minds at once, using the Heart of Sword Intent, and in the Qi Sea, he was constantly rehearsing his sword techniques.
“Swish swish.”
The Heart of Sword Intent changed into a silver-coloured villain that performed sword moves, forming a sword shadow.
As, Zhang Ruochen absorbed more and more knowledge of the Dao of the Sword, the sword moves that the silver-coloured villain performed became more and more subtle, and were simply unpredictable.
It took a month for Zhang Ruochen to completely absorb Qi Hong’s knowledge of the Sword Dao.
Although Zhang Ruochen had absorbed Qi Hong’s knowledge of Sword Dao, he had not completely understood it thoroughly, and thus, had only cultivated Sword II to the third level of the realm, the Yin and Yang.
He had to take the time to understand all the knowledge of the Sword Dao thoroughly, and by analysing, learning and rehearsing it, he would eventually transform it completely into his own knowledge before he could reach the fourth level of the Sword II realm.
Refining someone else’s knowledge wasn’t just plundering, it also required learning and comprehension.
“Since that’s the case, let’s attack the fourth level of the Sword Two realm with a bang.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the box containing the Sword Soul Ice Spirit and placed it on the ground.
Opening the box up, an icy cold aura immediately surged out from within. At the bottom of the box, there was a pigeon egg sized Ice Vibranium placed, which was milky white in colour.
Inside the Ice Spirit, there was a sword-shaped point of light.
The Sword Soul Ice Spirit was a treasure that could only be birthed on the fifth floor of the Sword Pavilion, and a piece of it could only be born every twenty years. From this, it could be seen how precious it was.
Zhang Ruochen swallowed the Sword Soul Ice Spirit, and at the same time, he controlled the Heart of Sword Intent, and in the Sea of Qi, he continued to rehearse the sword technique, absorbing the three Ancestral Master Sword Intents, and understanding Qi Hong’s knowledge of the Dao of the Sword.
With the assistance of the Sword Soul Ice Pillar and Ancestor Sword Intent, after spending another month, Zhang Ruochen finally cultivated Sword II to the fourth level of the realm, Yin Yang .Intersection .Fusion.
“The fifth level of the Sword II realm is called ‘Yin Yang Infinite’. As long as you reach this realm, it is considered the great completion of Sword Two.”
Zhang Ruochen appeared to be just one step away from the Great Perfection of Sword Two.
However, the final layer of the realm was quite difficult, and it was unknown how many exceptionally gifted Sword Dao wizards had been blocked just behind this layer of the realm.
In a moment, it was impossible to cultivate Sword II to great perfection, since this was the case, Zhang Ruochen began to absorb Qi Hong’s Sacred Dao Knowledge.
The so-called Saint Dao Knowledge was actually Qi Hong’s understanding of the Saint Dao.
For Qi Hong to be able to become a Half-Saint, his understanding of the Holy Dao must have reached a rather remarkable height, at least Zhang Ruochen was far from being able to compare with him now.
However, Zhang Ruochen soon realised that the knowledge of the Holy Dao was simply not something he could refine.
Even though a Half-Saint’s Saint Dao Knowledge was right in front of him, yet, he could only perceive it, and there was simply no way to directly absorb it.
Zhang Ruochen was not disappointed, since having Qi Hong’s Saint Dao knowledge was equivalent to, a Half-Saint, constantly rehearsing the Saint Dao in his mind.
In this way, his understanding of the Sacred Dao would no longer grow all the time, and he would definitely be able to realise it faster than other Fish Dragon Realm cultivators.
This was an advantage that no one else could possibly have.
Next, Zhang Ruochen spent two months before completely absorbing the rest of Qi Hong’s knowledge. This included, Qi Hong’s combat experience, Qi Hong’s understanding of humanities, history, weaponry, alchemy, alchemy, formations …… and so on, in all aspects.
In almost half a year’s time, the knowledge Zhang Ruochen had gained had become quite profound, far surpassing his peers.
His aura, became even more introverted, and his pair of eyes were incomparably deep, giving off an inscrutable feeling.
“Absorbing Qi Hong’s knowledge and memories has both great benefits and disadvantages, overall, the benefits still outweigh the disadvantages.”
Even though, Zhang Ruochen had already adjusted his state of mind to the best, but, after all, he was still too young and had experienced too little, absorbing Qi Hong’s knowledge and memories would definitely have a great negative impact on him.
Fortunately, Qi Hong was merely a Half-Saint who had lived for over a hundred years, if he were to be replaced by a Saint who had lived for hundreds of years, Zhang Ruochen was afraid that he would have already suffered a mental breakdown.
“Ugh!”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen felt a splitting headache as he held his head with both hands and collapsed directly onto the ground.
He hastily mobilised his powerful spiritual power and expelled some misplaced memories from his mind.
It was only after two days that he recovered and said with a palpitating heart, “Within ten years, I absolutely cannot absorb the knowledge and memories of another Half-Saint, or else, I will definitely sow the roots of trouble.”
As time passed, Qi Hong’s memories and knowledge, its influence on him, would definitely become weaker and weaker, and eventually disappear completely.
According to Zhang Ruochen’s projection, this time, was ten years.
After absorbing Qi Hong’s memories and knowledge, Zhang Ruochen had certainly gained tremendous benefits, at least, Sword Two had already cultivated to the fourth level of the realm.
Moreover, with Qi Hong’s knowledge of the Sacred Dao, Zhang Ruochen would definitely have a much easier time when he broke through the Half-Saint realm in the future.
One must know that it was because of the lack of understanding of the Sacred Dao that many top level human masters were still stuck at the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
Zhang Ruochen did not continue to cultivate and came to the place where Ao Xinyan was cultivating.
Only to see that the dragon qi vortex that had swept over tens of miles in a circle was rapidly contracting, and finally merged completely with Ao Xin Yan’s body.
Ao Xin Yan’s delicate body was like a human-shaped divine jade, crystal clear and flawless, radiating a brilliant and dazzling light.
The aura between heaven and earth converged towards Ao Xin Yan in an endless stream, flying into her brow and being completely absorbed by her.
“Ow!”
A purple dragon shadow flew out from Ao Xin Yan’s body, circling around her body, rapidly rotating and flying, emitting a deafening dragon roar.
Ao Xin Yan’s eyes, opened wide, and then, a powerful dragon might erupted from her body, surging towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Rustle!”
On the ground, the grass, trees, and stones were all swept up and turned into a sandstorm, turning the sky into a dark black colour.
Zhang Ruochen stood on the ground and looked up, only to see that above the sky, a huge purple dragon flew out from the back of the sandstorm, stretching out a huge claw and slapping at the top of his head.
The entire dome of the sky seemed to follow suit and pressed down.
Zhang Ruochen’s body, compared to the purple giant dragon, was just like, an ant standing in front of an elephant, looking extraordinarily small.
“Her strength has actually reached such a formidable level.”
Zhang Ruochen was obviously a bit surprised, yet, he appeared calm and began to fully revolve the Saint Qi in his body.
“Dragon Elephant Divine Furnace.”
A crimson palm seal flew out from Zhang Ruochen’s palm, transforming into a huge seal tens of metres long, colliding with the purple dragon’s claws.
“Rumble!”
The two forces collided with each other, and instantly, the earth collapsed and cracked out, spreading tens of miles away.
Ao Xin Yan retreated more than three hundred metres in a row before she steadied herself, staring at Zhang Ruochen in great surprise, obviously quite shocked, saying, “I’ve broken through to the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation, how is it that I’m still no match for you? Team Leader, your strength, just how strong are you?”
Zhang Ruochen’s body, too, fell back dozens of steps, looked at his rather painful right hand, nodded, and said, “Your strength has already surpassed that of Long San. If, you were able to break through to the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation, the person who lost that duel just now, might have been me.”
In the last half year, Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation level had risen some more, reaching the late stage of the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation. It had grown quite a bit more powerful than when he had fought with Long San.
Ao Xin Yan, however, was still quite discouraged, after all, she had all but completely refined the Divine Dragon Bone, her physique had reached unprecedented heights, and she could be called the number one celestial pride of the Divine Dragon Demi-Human Race in the last 10,000 years.
Even so, she was still unable to defeat Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen comforted, saying, ”You don’t have to be so disappointed, I reached the Supreme Extreme Realm a total of four times in the Fourth Realm of Martial Dao, invoking the resonance of the Gods four times. If you defeat me, won’t I die of shame?”
Zhang Ruochen still trusted Ao Xinyan quite a bit, so he didn’t hide much from her.
“Four Supreme Extreme Realms?”
Ao Xin Yan was dumbstruck and stunned once again, staring carefully at Zhang Ruochen, no longer able to express the admiration in her heart.
She was finally mentally balanced and exhaled a long breath, saying, “Team Leader, you are too powerful as well, no wonder you are so powerful with only the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation. However, I will definitely not admit defeat.
“From now on, you’re the one I’ll be working towards. I’m going to refine the divine blood and condense divine seals within my body as a way to defeat you.”
A smile hung on Zhang Ruochen’s face as he said, “Being spoken to by you like this, I instantly feel a considerable amount of pressure.”
Ao Xin Yan’s small lips pursed as she smiled sweetly, not caring if what Zhang Ruochen said was true or not, anyway, if she was able to cause pressure on Zhang Ruochen, she was already quite happy.
“Counting the time, Elder Yin Hai should also be returning to Divine Platform City with the Divine Dragon’s Blood and the Dragon Emperor’s Blood, so I have to contact him quickly. Before the Boundary Son Banquet, I still want to refine a drop of Divine Dragon’s Blood to further my strength, and when the time comes, I’ll be sure to meet the experts of the Demon Sect.”Ao Xin Yan’s eyelashes blinked, her hands were behind her back, and her puffy peaks stood tall, forming an astonishing arc.
Afterwards, she left the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram and went forward to contact Elder Yin Hai.
