I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 207 Becoming Famous

Huang Zifeng and Lin Zhen were both surprised when they saw Xie Yuan staggering up the tenth stone platform.

Lin Cheng was determined and retreated at the ninth level, directly retreating to the seventh level. Zhang Shan, who had the lowest level of cultivation, actually reached the tenth level?

Huang Zifeng pondered for a moment and asked:

"Junior Brother Zhang, don't force yourself. Even if you can get onto the stone platform, it will be another matter when you quietly comprehend it later. Putting too much effort may backfire."

"Yes, Junior Brother, the Sect Master said that if you use all your strength to come up, you won't have the energy to protect yourself when you comprehend. Feel it carefully and see if you still have the energy to spare."

Lin Zhen also reminded.

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuan pretended to look miserable, grimaced, and closed his eyes for a long time.

Just when the two thought he was going to give up, he opened his eyes and said firmly:

"Brother, sister, I feel like this is just the right place for me to gain enlightenment."

After hearing this, Huang Zifeng and Lin Zhen sighed, looked at each other, and were speechless.

Lin Zhen said with some admiration:
"It seems that Junior Brother Zhang is indeed very talented."

Huang Zifeng had originally looked askance at Xie Yuan because of the trial and his current performance, but when he heard Lin Zhen's exclamation, he inexplicably took back the words that were about to come out of his mouth and changed them to:
"Well, you guys are quite suitable here. I'll go up first."

After saying that, Huang Zifeng jumped directly and easily reached the eleventh step.

Xie Yuan stood on the tenth floor and felt that the sword wind here was indeed much stronger than before.

It seems that there is a level every nine stages, which coincides with the extreme number.

But... is this really a place where an external practitioner can gain a firm foothold and comprehend the sword intent? Or even reach the nineteenth floor?
Xie Yuan was a little skeptical.

But thinking of the conclusion he had just reached about the first level of the ninth order, he nodded slightly.

After all, Lin Zhen also came up and it seemed that there was nothing wrong.

But in fact, he was rather slow to sense the sword wind, so the sword intent here was not particularly significant to him;

The reason why Lin Zhen was able to come up was because she couldn't wait to take the precious medicine she got from the ruins. With her talent, her cultivation level increased greatly, and she could barely climb two more steps.

Normally speaking, even if one could climb up to the tenth stone platform through external training, it would be difficult to stand there, let alone sit down and meditate.

Watching Huang Zifeng leaping repeatedly on the stone platform, leaving behind a dashing figure and quickly disappearing around the corner, Xie Yuan became eager to make a move.

Forget it, I can’t be the first to stand out…

But as long as you don't stand out...

So Xie Yuan looked at Lin Zhen and looked at her with encouraging eyes:
"Senior sister, are you still going? I think you can do it!"

Lin Zhen was a little hesitant at first, but for her, this place was indeed very suitable.

However, when Xie Yuan looked at her inexplicably, she felt that she had not climbed high enough, as if she was being swept up by something, and could not help but climb a few more floors.

Lin Zhen suppressed his eagerness, evaluated carefully, and nodded:

"I'll go up one more level."

After saying this, she exhaled and took a deep breath, then leaped lightly in the fierce wind and jumped onto the eleventh step, her face slightly solemn:
"This is my limit, I'm right here."

After saying that, she looked down at Xie Yuan and found that his eyes were full of disappointment. She couldn't help but stiffen her face and said angrily:

"Junior Brother Zhang, what's your expression?"

"Oh, it's nothing. Level 11 is already great."

"I don't think that's what you mean."

"In fact, I thought that Senior Sister could advance a few levels, maybe even directly to the nineteenth level."

Xie Yuan said naively.

"Ten...nineteen?"

Lin Zhen felt the sword wind scraping his bones and gritted his teeth.
"If you can do it, go for it. If you can't, don't say anything!"

Seeing that Lin Zhen was really in a bad condition, Xie Yuan stopped encouraging her, lest it backfire and cause her to get hurt. However, this girl was quite opinionated and was not the type to be provoked by a few words from him.

He pondered for a moment, then tried to jump to the eleventh floor with difficulty. He looked up reluctantly, then sat cross-legged beside it.

"It's the only place... to keep company with my senior sister."

Lin Zhen stared blankly at Zhang Shan sitting down beside him, his small face full of surprise, and couldn't help asking:

"Junior brother, you really don't want to force me?"

"Just like Senior Sister, just right."

Xie Yuan said this with a firm expression, but his eyes casually looked at the sword marks around him.

"彳庍口巴..."

When Lin Zhen saw that she was tied by the silly Zhang Shan, she felt a little dissatisfied. After all, this was really her limit.

She coughed lightly:
"Junior Brother Zhang, if you can't hold on any longer, remember not to force yourself and save enough energy to continue. Well, what's important is the experience, not the length of time."

"Okay, Sister Lin, I understand."

Xie Yuan answered, then sat cross-legged beside him, closed his eyes, and felt the howling fierce wind swirling around the sword peak.

Lin Zhen looked at Xie Yuan's face and couldn't help but take a closer look. His eyes were a little strange, and then he saw Xie Yuan suddenly open his eyes and said puzzledly:

"Sister Lin, what are you looking at?"

"No...nothing."

Lin Zhen's face flushed, and he looked away. His heart was beating fast, and he was inexplicably surprised:

"When he opened his eyes, why... why didn't he seem as dull as usual? It was a bit like..."

Xie Yuan had no idea of ​​Lin Zhen’s strange thoughts. He looked at her strangely and then closed his eyes again.

This time, his mind quickly immersed in it, feeling the sharp sword wind coming from all around him.

[Black Book: (102/500)]

“It’s increased a bit so quickly.”

Xie Yuan was delighted, this place was indeed different!

On the sword tip, the sword intent is much stronger than in the sword hole.

If the sword cave is filled with sword intent in the wind, then here the sword intent is mixed with wind!
After all, the sword hole only had the sword energy from the sword peak that penetrated into the cracks in the rocks and reverberated back and forth. It was essentially the same as the occasional leak of sword energy from the back hall, except that the effect was better.

However, what is scraped above the sword tip is the sword intent.

The rich sword wind contains the supreme truth of swordsmanship, which any warrior who has held a sword should be able to feel.

Bathed in such sword intent that permeates the entire body, a sword practitioner's understanding and realization of swordsmanship is growing almost all the time. How can someone who is passionate about swords maintain this?
It's like a mouse falling into a rice jar!

No wonder the sixth generation ancestor had to set rules and have a teacher explain the pros and cons and supervise. Otherwise, most swordsmen would probably never want to leave once they get in.

On the eleventh stone platform, Xie Yuan felt the strong sword intent, and his own understanding was reflected clearly on the panel.

The second floor of the rear hall.

Li Xingtuo and Qin Zhenyang looked at the stone platform on the sword peak from afar and were not very surprised.

Qin Zhenyang hesitated for a moment and said:

"Junior Brother Zhang has actually reached the eleventh level... It's really good, but it's not bad either."

The final positions of the five disciples who entered Jianfeng were almost exactly the same as he had guessed. Huang Zifeng was at the twenty-second level, Lin Zhen was at the eleventh level, and the other two were close to the tenth level.

The only mistake was in the judgment of Xie Yuan, but it was only one or two levels.

Li Xingtuo nodded slightly, his eyes passed over a hundred feet, clearly turning to several disciples one by one, and finally stopped on Xie Yuan's face.

"It's really good."

……

The sword peak is strange, and the wind on the sword peak is equally strange.

On the green peak where the solitary sword points to the sky, the sword intent entwined with the peak is like a whirlwind, which never stops all year round and keeps circling around the sword peak, just like the sword energy swirling on the giant sword.

The sixth generation ancestor also took this sword intent as a reference and built the ninety-nine-step stone platform in the same way, circling the sword peak and climbing up diagonally along the sword intent.

Xie Yuan sat cross-legged quietly on the eleven-step stone platform, bathing in the whirlwind blowing diagonally downward, his skin slightly stinging.

Compared to Lin Zhen's frown, Xie Yuan's frown was actually not that tight.

After all, no matter how strong the wind was, it was just a bit of a irritation to his Golden Bell Cover. It was not as powerful as the strong wind mixed with gravel in the sword hole.

However, the wind was not that strong, but the sword intent was stronger. Xie Yuan had not been sitting here for long, and the progress of the Black Heaven Book had already increased by two points.

"If I stay here for ten days or half a month, won't I be able to advance again directly?"

Xie Yuan was thinking with some excitement in his heart, but it was not realistic to stay for so long.

Even if he could bear it, others couldn't.

But it doesn't matter. He can stay here as long as he can. The efficiency here is almost ten times that of the Sword Cave. Moreover, this rich sword intent, in addition to the progress of the Black Heavenly Book, also enlightens his understanding of the sword way, which is incomparable to the Sword Cave.

It's not just the Black Book, but also the sword techniques, gripping methods, force angles, chopping, slashing, stabbing, and wiping...

Xie Yuandu gradually gained some insights. He had perfected the Yunshan sword style, but not the basics of swordsmanship. He could find four different ways to hold the sword, suitable for different situations...

A tall building rises from the ground. Gradually, Xie Yuan felt that his understanding of the way of the sword had improved a little, and he had a better understanding of the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon, and his progress quietly increased a little.

The Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon are extremely difficult. Even if you practice for half a day, you may not see any improvement. The progress while sitting here is already faster than practicing sword by yourself!

Not to mention other gains such as the Black Book.

Xie Yuan's brows were still furrowed, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

The sword wind is really like a spring breeze!

Let the sword wind come more violently, and don’t let others think that the disciples of the Sword Sect can’t afford to blow!

So Xie Yuan sat on this stone platform, sinking into the perception of the sword, sinking deeper and deeper...

Half a day passed.

Lin Zhen was the first one who couldn't hold on.

It's not because she has a weak will or is a delicate woman. She practiced martial arts to take revenge and has made some achievements so far. She has entered the inner sect of Yunshan Sword Sect. Her willpower and physique are both above average among martial artists of the same age.

It was simply because Lin Zhen had surpassed the limits of his own cultivation and reached the stone platform beyond the tenth level that the sixth generation ancestor had originally allocated for disciples who had just entered the first level of Qi and Blood Transformation.

Although she had taken precious medicine recently to improve her cultivation, it was still a bit difficult for her. Li Xingtuo emphasized it again and again, which made the meticulous Lin Zhen distinguish the importance of the matter. Once she realized that her body could not hold on, she came out of the state of meditation immediately, even though she was reluctant.

only……

Looking at Xie Yuan who had a calm smile on his face, Lin Zhen almost laughed out of anger.

This breeze makes you feel comfortable, doesn't it?

It obviously hurts!

She gritted her teeth and felt that this silly junior brother was really an eyesore!

I don't know what kind of talent it is, it must be because I did odd jobs every day and my skin was thick and my muscles were thick...

Lin Zhen was outdone by his junior fellow apprentice, and he was dissatisfied and kept muttering to himself.

It’s clear that Junior Brother Zhang needed us to take care of him before, but now he’s so powerful?

I entered the sect much earlier than him! Well, fortunately, his cultivation is not as good as mine...

Lin Zhen looked at Xie Yuan with a complicated expression. Could it be that this junior brother really had the talent of becoming stronger when facing stronger opponents and having amazing talent in actual combat?

Is blowing the sword wind considered actual combat?

Or is there a possibility that he just couldn't hold on any longer and was trying to be tough?

Yes, very likely!

Lin Zhen bent down and put her pretty face close to Xie Yuan's face to look.

Then she gritted her teeth and found that his smile of realization became even more glaring.

But upon closer inspection, I discovered that although Junior Brother Zhang looked silly, his facial features were regular and not ugly.

If he wasn't so honest, with his talent, there should be girls in the sect who like him.

Well, the temperament is not good, but the appearance is okay.

But it's still much worse than Xie Biaotou...

Lin Zhen stared at Xie Yuan's face for a while, and was suddenly awakened by his long breath. Only then did he realize that their breathing was audible.

She sat up straight, her cheeks flushed, and then she shivered.

Lin Zhen's face became serious. She felt that meditating for such a long time was exhausting for her and she had to go down the mountain immediately.

She glanced at Xie Yuan again, then jumped off the two stone platforms, carefully looked at Pei Yu, her fellow disciple, and saw that he was in good condition. She nodded slightly;

She jumped twice more, glanced at Lin Cheng casually on the seventh floor, confirmed that her brother was not dead yet, and then she was too lazy to look again, and jumped down the mountain like a rabbit.

Although it was only half a day, she gained a lot. She had to go back and experience it quickly.

But Lin Zhen completely ignored it. Why did he only breathe once after staring at Xie Yuan for such a long time?
Shortly after Lin Zhen left, Pei Yu and Lin Cheng stood up one after another.

As long as you still have some rationality in your mind and don't act blindly, you won't be afraid of being hurt by the sword wind.

When physical strength and blood energy decline, the body will react naturally. After waking up at that time, the swordsmen who know the importance of the situation will know that it is time to go down the mountain.

After the two of them stood up, they looked at Xie Yuan above with surprise on their faces, and then a hint of worry.

However, seeing how relaxed he looked, there shouldn't be any problem. Both of them were somewhat doubtful.

Junior Brother Zhang was able to persist at the eleventh level for so long?

Is he really a genius?
The sky is dim and the sun is about to set.

Huang Zifeng walked down exhausted.

But when he saw Xie Yuan, he was obviously stunned.

Why is he still here?
Huang Zifeng rushed to Xie Yuan and checked him, only to find that he was in very good condition, which made him feel incredible.

"Junior brother Zhang, this shouldn't be the case... Could it be that another genius has emerged?"

Huang Zifeng feels that he is a rising star and has just started on his way. Is he going to be beaten to death on the beach by the waves behind him?
An inexplicable sense of urgency arose in Huang Zifeng, and he hurried down the mountain, ready to go back and digest this harvest.

Thus, Xie Yuan was the only one left in the first thirty levels of the Sword Peak.

Li Xingtuo and Qin Zhenyang were still watching from afar on the second floor of the back hall. Seeing that Huang Zifeng had already gone down the mountain, but Xie Yuan was still sitting there contentedly, Qin Zhenyang slightly widened his eyes:
"This Junior Brother Zhang is not simple."

"My disciple..."

Li Xingtuo took a sip of tea and spoke slowly.

Qin Zhenyang came over quickly:

"Master, please give me some advice."

Li Xingtuo pondered for a moment and pushed the cup aside:
“The tea is cold.

"Go get a hot pot."

"……it is good."

Qin Zhenyang was stunned for a moment, then he obediently went to change the tea.

I thought the master was making some comments about Junior Brother Zhang.

Li Xingtuo leaned back in his chair, gazing at Jianfeng from afar with a relaxed and interested look on his face.

Let’s wait and see how long this kid can stay here.

The sun sets and the moon rises, the stars move, and the morning light appears.

Li Xingtuo and Qin Zhenyang sat here for the entire night, enjoying the breeze, changing five or six pots of tea, and asking the kitchen to cook two bowls of plain noodles.

As a result, Xie Yuan remained the same, sitting there quietly, looking as if nothing was wrong.

Not until the Golden Crow completely rose from the hills in the east did Li Xingtuo slowly stand up.

Qin Zhenyang immediately stood up and couldn't help but secretly glance at Xie Yuan on the stone platform, thinking:

"This Junior Brother Zhang is indeed a bit strange. But Master actually guarded for a whole day and night, this..."

How much does Master think of Junior Brother Zhang? Even when I first entered Jianfeng, I'm afraid I didn't have such care and concern.

Qin Zhenyang couldn't help but think about it a little more and fell into contemplation.

"Zhen Yang, I've seen enough, you better take good care of your junior brother."

Even though he hadn't rested for a whole day and night, a top master like Li Xingtuo didn't look tired at all, and instead had a smile on his face.

After glancing up and down at the sword peak, he left with a smile on his face, his hands behind his back, leaving Qin Zhenyang on the terrace on the second floor of the rear hall, thinking about his master's true intentions.

He pondered for a while, looked at Xie Yuan on the stone platform, and said to himself:

"No more than half a day! With this level of cultivation, even if it is exhausted, it shouldn't last this long."

Qin Zhenyang nodded slightly, sat on the chair, made himself a pot of tea, then took out a small notebook and a hard pen from his chest, made some marks and began to organize the things to do next after waiting for Xie Yuan to come out.

So another morning passed.

Qin Zhenyang opened his eyes wide, and even opened the door to go to the eleventh stone platform to check Xie Yuan's condition face to face. He found that he was actually in good spirits and not at all forced.

"This……"

Qin Zhenyang found it a little bit unbelievable that he had guarded for another whole day, twelve hours, without realizing it!

"Can you really keep up with external training for that long? You are completely immersed in the understanding of the sword intent...?"

Qin Zhenyang frowned slightly, but Xie Yuan obviously showed no signs of not being able to hold on. He even felt that it would be no problem to hold on for another three days.

He hesitated for a moment, but still patiently sat down on the chair and watched.

However, the time was calculated wrong, so Qin Zhenyang had to take out his little notebook, cross out several items in succession, and rearrange them.

After thinking for a while, he wrote a few large characters at the front of the page in the small notebook: "Wait for Junior Brother Zhang Shan to come down from Jianfeng——"

Waited until the third day.

Lin Cheng and his sister came over, along with Pei Yu and Huang Zifeng. The four of them went up to the second floor of the back hall and looked out at the eleventh stone platform on the sword peak.

"Brother Qin, is Junior Brother Zhang okay?"

Lin Cheng frowned and asked worriedly.

The other three people all looked over, and Qin Zhenyang shook his head:
"I went to the stone platform to check. Junior Brother Zhang is in very good condition. So good... it doesn't seem like he should be at this level."

Lin Zhen was somewhat worried:

"Could it be that the sword peak is too strange and infected him? I heard that when we were discussing swords with the Hidden Sword Pavilion before, we even had a sword spirit incident..."

Qin Zhenyang coughed:
"Junior Sister Lin, I can guarantee that the sword energy on Yunshan Mountain is soaring into the sky, it is fair and square, there is no such thing."

"The sword spirit is not necessarily a sinister object..." Lin Zhen murmured, looking at Xie Yuan with a complicated look.

They were worried that something had gone wrong for him, but they also felt that it would be better if something had gone wrong for him, otherwise the gap between him and them would be too big... Of course, if something went wrong, they would have to ask their senior brother to bring him out immediately.

But Senior Brother Qin said that he had indeed relied on his own insights for such a long time.

Huang Zifeng also had some complicated thoughts. Although he didn't persist on the stone platform above, it was no big deal if he was slower than Xie Yuan;

But it has been three days. Even if it is him, can he stay in the eleventh level for three days without any rest? He is not sure, after all, he has never tried it.

But even if I could stay for three days, it would definitely be difficult.

Pei Yu was even more amazed and admired:

"Damn it, Junior Brother Zhang is a very low-key person, but after going out for a trial, he has completely changed!"

The whole person has changed...

The speaker didn't mean it, but the expressions of the people around him were moved.

Maybe they should come out today. They have all started practicing in the inner sect, so why is Junior Brother Zhang still on Jianfeng... Does he want to use Jianfeng as his own training ground?

Day .

The Lin brothers and sisters came again:
"Brother Qin, is Junior Brother Zhang really okay?"

"I just checked in at noon, he's fine."

Qin Zhenyang said with some disbelief and some familiarity.

Lin Cheng and Lin Zhen looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Lin Zhen had wanted to compete with Xie Yuan before. After all, fellow disciples who entered Jianfeng at the same time would secretly compare the number of stone steps they climbed and the length of time they gained insights. As the saying goes, there is no second in martial arts, and martial artists often have a comparative mindset.

But now Lin Zhen completely extinguished this thought and just whispered to himself:
"Junior Brother Zhang is so amazing..."

Lin Cheng nodded and sighed:
"Indeed, I taught him swordsmanship before. Maybe this time, it's his turn to teach me."

When Qin Zhenyang heard Lin Cheng say this, he glanced at him secretly and said nothing.

The news that there was a disciple who had just entered the inner sect on Jianfeng Mountain and had persisted for five days and had not yet come down the mountain spread like wildfire.

Every day, the gatekeeper disciples would crane their necks to look up at the sword peak, secretly betting on when Xie Yuan would come down, but no one had ever won. In their hearts, they were already full of admiration for this junior brother who had not yet officially entered the inner gate, and this news gradually spread from the inner courtyard;

When Tian Zhuang saw that Xie Yuan had gone in and had not come out, he was shocked and completely admired him. No wonder others could enter the inner gate? When Tian Zhuang went back to tell this story, the errand disciples were naturally impressed by Xie Yuan. They all looked at each other in silence, and the news spread from the errand courtyard.

So overnight, almost everyone in Yunshan knew that there was a disciple named Zhang Shan who had been in Jianfeng for five days.

It was the sixth day.

Lupe stood on the second floor of the back hall, stroking his three long beards and nodded:

"Not bad."

The expressions of the disciples next to him were moved. With the praise from the head of Bamboo Sword Peak, Zhang Shan's future in the inner courtyard was bright... No, he had been in Sword Peak for so long, as long as he came down from the mountain, his future would be very bright.

Not long after, a graceful figure came and walked next to Lupe.

Luo Shuang turned her eyes and looked towards Jianfeng:

"interesting."

"Why, Junior Sister Luo is also interested in this boy?"

Lupe laughed.

"I heard my disciples talking about it these past two days, so I came to take a look. It is indeed very special."

Luo Shuang and Lupe looked at each other, with deep meaning between them.

When the guarding disciples saw the head monk of Yaoyue Peak coming, they lowered their heads and dared not look at him.

It was unprecedented that two great masters came for a small outer training disciple.

However, that’s not all. Not long after, Li Xingtuo’s figure suddenly appeared again.

Everyone saluted one by one. Li Xingtuo waved his hand and asked Qin Zhenyang:

"Is he always like this?"

"Master, it has not moved."

Qin Zhenyang replied in a deep voice.

Li Xingtuo fell into deep thought, with a gleam in his eyes.

Lupe asked:

"Junior Brother Li, how long do you think it will take for this little guy to come down?"

"do not know."

Li Xingtuo shook his head.

"You do not know?"

Luo Shuang asked calmly, seeming a little unconvinced.

"Why would I lie to you?"

Li Xingtuo smiled.

Luo Shuang and Lupe looked at each other again, said nothing more, and left.

Li Xingtuo looked at the sword peak for a while, and said to Qin Zhenyang:

"Zhen Yang, you don't have to stay here for the next two days. I have another task for you to do."

The ninth day.

The name Zhang Shan has spread throughout Yunshan in the past two days.

Everyone in the sect knew that there was an outer disciple who had just entered the inner sect. The first time he entered Jianfeng, he stayed there for nine days without coming out.

Most of the disciples who first entered Jianfeng could not stay for even half a day; even those elite disciples in the Transformation Realm who had reached a certain level of cultivation and status seldom stayed for more than three days.

Nine days?

Only the grandmaster elders, or people like Qin Zhenyang who are close to the grandmaster's limit of the third level of qi and blood, would stay in there for so long when seeking a breakthrough.

For an ordinary disciple, regardless of external training or transformation of qi and blood, Jiutian would probably have been pierced into a sieve by the sword energy.

"Is there something on it?"

someone asked.

"Impossible! The Grandmasters and Elders have taken turns to look at it, and even the Grandmaster has often been watching. Everyone is saying that this Zhang Shan is probably a bit peculiar, with a natural sword body or something..."

"The elders take turns to see it? This guy, is he visiting rare and exotic animals?"

"I think the situation is similar. You don't know how many people are often in the back hall of the main peak now. That mountain has almost become a scenic spot on Jianfeng Mountain."

Many people who had been paying attention to Xie Yuan from the beginning, such as Lin Chenglin Zhen, Qin Zhenyang and others, had even become numb and felt that it would not be surprising for him to come again for Jiutian.

Xie Yuan had no idea that he had become the focus of attention of the entire sect. If he had known, he would have withdrawn long ago.

At this moment, he was immersed in the world of sword intent, as if he had entered the illusory sword mountain when the Black Heaven Book broke through in the sword cave.

From Xie Yuan's perspective.

He was still sitting upright on the stone platform at the top of the sword peak, but what was blowing around him was not wind, but sharp swords.

The sharp swords floated and rotated around the entire sword peak. The sword intent on each sword was different, and each different sword intent represented a sword technique.

And around the sword peak, there are famous swords like rain, more than ten thousand swords?
It's not just the swords, but on each of the sword-edge stone platforms, there seem to be countless phantoms dancing, displaying superb and inexplicable sword skills, constantly leaving marks on the stone platforms.

The ninety-nine stone platforms were covered with dense carvings and overlapping shadows, so many that Xie Yuan couldn't even see them all.

But as long as you want to look, you can always clearly see the corresponding sword technique and sword intent.

This illusory sword peak is the world of kendo. It seems that any kind of sword technique can be found here. Xie Yuan even feels that the two phantoms on the top of the peak are fighting with the "Floating Light Sword" and "Zhenhai Pingchao Sword Technique" respectively, as if it is a replica of the sword fight between Li Xingtuo and Wei Dong.

If he could figure it out thoroughly, he would be able to master one of the two divine swords of the time, or even practice both at the same time!

However, the peak was too high for him and seemed too strenuous. Xie Yuan wisely observed the sword techniques around him, constantly absorbing the strengths of each phantom and each sword intent, turning them into an endless supply of nutrients to nourish his understanding of the sword.

Xie Yuan didn't know when he entered such a state, but every moment and every second his understanding of the sword was increasing, his sword skills were improving, and every breath was precious.

He was completely immersed in this true holy land or source of swordsmanship, and had forgotten about the Black Book and the Sword Sect's Sword Peak. He devoted himself to this world wholeheartedly.

"That seems to be the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon..."

On a much higher platform, Xie Yuan accidentally noticed a phantom. The sword technique being demonstrated was exactly the Yunshan Sword Sect's top sword technique that he had practiced for a long time, the Nine Styles of Yunlong.

When he saw it, his eyes automatically zoomed closer.

The shadow in front of him was wearing an unrestrained robe and had a graceful figure. His sword came out like a dragon and disappeared into the clouds. He performed the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon with ease, as freehand as the founder.

Xie Yuan looked at it for a long time and nodded silently:
“So this is how you should practice.”

He wanted to practice on his own, but suddenly found that he had no sword in his hand.

"Where is my Xuanbing? Shouldn't the treasure I just got be on my body?"

Xie Yuan was puzzled for a moment, and suddenly he understood:

"I am in a world of sword intent..."

His mind suddenly became clear and he looked at the line of numbers in front of him.

[Black Book: (500/500)]

As the last bit of progress was added, Xie Yuan's mind began to rumble, as if thousands of famous swords were vibrating at the same time.

He seemed to have seen countless sword techniques and had watched countless sword techniques. He already had his own views on the way of the sword, and when he saw his opponent using the sword, he felt calm.

[Read all kinds of sword techniques, and change them in one’s mind]

[Sword Heart·Beginner's Level: Anticipate the enemy's moves and find a way to break the sword moves as soon as you see them]

Before Xie Yuan could react to what his new discovery was, he saw another item.

[Cloud Dragon Nine Styles·Minor Achievement: (1/5000)]

Xie Yuan has already mastered the master-level sword technique, the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon, to a minor level.

He blinked his eyes, filled with endless joy.

The Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon have been successfully completed!

The profoundness of the Yunlong Nine Styles sword technique made Xie Yuan feel for the first time how "difficult" it was.

Even with the assistance of the panel and progress corrections, he often made little progress after practicing for half a day.

I have been practicing for a long time, but I have just passed the entry level and reached the proficiency level. If I want to continue to break through, I don’t know how much more hard work and time it will take.

But the investment in this sword technique is worth it. Every move and every style is extremely powerful. Among all his skills, it is second only to the two axe techniques of Sweeping Thousands of Troops and Three Axes.

The power of the improvement from entry level to proficiency cannot be underestimated, and it is fully worth its difficulty and Xie Yuan's sweat.

But now, the Yunlong Nine Styles, which had just reached the proficient stage, directly jumped two levels and reached the minor success stage!
Xie Yuan couldn't try out the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon at the minor success stage now, but he estimated that its power might not be as strong as Sweeping Thousands of Troops, but it was better than the Three Axes.

Moreover, Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon is not a simple killing move like axe skills after all. It is a complete set of sword techniques. Its sword techniques are both offensive and defensive and have a wide range of applications. For ordinary warriors, knowing this set of sword techniques is enough to surpass their peers and they don't need anything else.

But ordinary warriors cannot practice the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon. At least one must be extremely talented in swordsmanship to be able to learn a little bit when the Qi and blood change three times.

This kind of master-level swordsmanship is already very close to the master level for sword geniuses like Qin Zhenyang and He Jin, the chief of Cangjian Pavilion. The best they can do is to master it thoroughly.

Xie Yuan actually gained enlightenment at the sword peak, or in other words, gained enlightenment through the Black Heaven Book, and directly comprehended it to the small success realm.

"Thanks to Jianfeng, thanks to the Black Book, and thanks to my peerless talent."

Xie Yuan sighed a little, the plug-in is indeed useful.

If it were someone else, even if they were constantly on the sword tip and beside the Black Sky Book, they might not necessarily gain anything.

But thanks to the progress, as long as Xie Yuan keeps working hard, he will gain something - blowing the sword wind is naturally also hard work.

Although Xie Yuan knew his intention and would still devote himself to martial arts without the cheats, he would naturally make use of the good tools and talents he had.

This 500-point Black Heaven Book brought him extraordinary gains after breaking through the realm. The leap in the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon greatly increased his combat power.

And this wonderful [Sword Heart]...

Xie Yuan pondered, seeming to understand its effect.

When facing Yao Tianchuan before, the superb skills in breaking his special moves must have been a manifestation of Kenshin's occasional ability, right?
Having seen a lot in the world of swordsmanship, he already has a good idea of ​​the various changes in swordsmanship and cannot escape the cage of swordsmanship. Even if he has never seen it before, he can always find its traces when facing it, and with the traces and patterns, there is a way to crack it.

This ability... Swordsman Nemesis?
Xie Yuan was speechless. He came here to practice sword skills, but ended up gaining the ability to restrain sword skills.

With the sword heart in his body, I'm afraid that in the future when he faces a swordsman, his chances of winning will be increased by 30%.

Perhaps the more you understand and master, the more you will know its weaknesses.

This is just the beginner level, and I wonder what the effects will be when the intermediate and advanced levels come later.
[Black Book: (1/1000)]

Looking at the Black Book in front of him, whose progress was being refreshed and whose upper limit had doubled, Xie Yuan let out a silent breath.

If one could steadily gain something from this ancient wonder, the reward would be enormous, surpassing all other treasures.

However, at present, probably only he can do it with the help of this panel. The Mu family has mastered the Eight Trigrams Lotus for many years, so if he wants to comprehend it, he can only rely on luck.

It is useful, but it will cost a thousand next time. I wonder when I can make another breakthrough?

Well, it didn’t take long to spend five hundred this time. After all, it probably only took a few days in this Sword Peak…

……

...It won’t take a few days, right?

Xie Yuan shuddered all over, suddenly woke up and opened his eyes.

The sword wind blew around the green mountains and blew onto Xie Yuan.

A little cold.

He looked around and found that there was no one around him. He was the only one on the stone platform within his sight.

Xie Yuan got up quickly and looked around blankly. Just as he was wondering whether he should quietly go down the mountain before being discovered by others, he noticed that there seemed to be quite a few people standing in the back hall in the distance.

Well, the one with white hair is Li Xingtuo, the one with long beard is Lupe, the one wearing a veil to look younger is Luo Shuang... and there are many other people.

……

Xie Yuan would rather his eyesight was not that good, so that he could pretend to be nearsighted, see nothing, and go down the mountain by himself.

But he clearly saw the interested looks of several masters and had already exchanged glances with them.

The look and the eyes were as if the sword peak was a rockery, the forbidden formation was the railing, and the back hall was the observation deck of the zoo, and a group of tourists came here just to see the monkeys.

As for who the monkey is...

Xie Yuan had no expression on his face as he leaped down from the sword peak.

As soon as I entered the back hall, I heard the surprised voice of the gatekeeper:
"Here he comes, he comes!"

...That's not necessary.

Xie Yuan was somewhat helpless, but he looked at the disciples around him, all staring at him with curiosity, admiration, shock, and even reverence, so he could only politely bow his hands:
"Please, brothers, guard the peak."

"It's okay. It's part of my job. It's more fun to bet on when you'll come down every day."

The familiar gatekeeper disciple smiled and said:
"It seems that Junior Brother Zhang has made some impressive gains."

"so far so good."

Xie Yuan made a few polite remarks and was wondering whether he should go up to greet the sect leader and elders when he saw Li Xingtuo and his group coming down.

Everyone in the back hall saluted immediately. Li Xingtuo waved his hand and looked at Xie Yuan, his eyes moving around, his face calm and he said:
"Zhang Shan, did you get quite a lot this time?"

"Something gained."

Xie Yuan didn't know how to answer, so Li Xingtuo said:
"It would be a shame if we only gained a little in nine days."

Nine...nine days?
It’s over.

Xie Yuan felt a black screen in front of his eyes and had the urge to run away.

But Li Xingtuo was right in front of him, and he couldn't run away even if he wanted to.

Sword addiction is harmful...

Xie Yuan was just thinking about whether to confess and get leniency when he heard Li Xingtuo ask intentionally or unintentionally:

"Zhang Shan, how come all your classmates left on the first day, but you stayed so long? Over the years, no outer training disciple has stayed as long as you have."

Xie Yuan opened his mouth, stammered for a while, and then habitually looked confused:
"I don't make it."

Li Xingtuo looked at him and smiled slightly:

“That’s right. After all, you are just an external disciple. It’s normal that you can’t explain it clearly.

"Being able to stay on the Sword Peak for nine days at an external training level is enough to prove that you have amazing talent. You are one of the best in our Sword Sect."

Xie Yuan listened and showed a look of shame:

"I'm just lucky."

The three masters, Li Xingtuo, Lupei and Luo Shuang, looked at Xie Yuan with a humble face, all with puzzled expressions.

"Luck is also a part of strength, but I'm afraid luck can't really replenish blood and internal energy."

Li Xingtuo has something in mind:
"Zhang Shan, you've been at Jianfeng for nine days, how come you're still full of energy? Aren't you tired?"

Xie Yuan's face fell when he heard this, and he said with a stiff upper lip:
"The Sect Master is right. I am indeed a little tired."

Li Xingtuo looked at him and slowly smiled:

"Are you tired now?
"Well, I have some understanding, and it is normal that I don't feel tired when I am excited. But I still can't force myself to be on the sword peak.

"Forget it, since you are tired, go back and have a good rest."

what?
Xie Yuan couldn't believe his ears. They let him go just like that? Without even asking what he had learned?
So considerate?

He was stunned for a while until Li Xingtuo raised his eyebrows and said:
"Why, is there anything else you want to talk to me about?"

"No... No, that's not it. I am really tired. I will go back to rest first. Sect Master, I will take my leave."

Xie Yuan quickly bowed, said goodbye to Lupe and Luo Shuang, and left in a flash.

After Xie Yuan left, the back hall gradually became quiet.

All the idle people had left, but two elders and masters came and gathered around Li Xingtuo.

In the tea room.

Li Xingtuo and several Grandmasters looked at each other and said slowly:
"Everyone, what do you think about this mountain?"

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