The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 265 Guo Jing Turns into a Ball

Ma Yu, one of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen and the head of the Quanzhen Sect, admired the loyalty of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan after learning about the bet between them and his fellow apprentice.

But thinking about the martial arts of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, he was worried about their ability to teach their disciples. He was worried that they didn't know what kind of people they would teach the descendants of the hero Guo Xiaotian. He was even more worried that if the disciples they taught were easily defeated by their own fellow apprentices, he would not know how they would deal with it.

Recently, he had been restless for a long time and wanted to do something, so he went north to the border to look for Guo Jing, hoping to take a look at him secretly and find out the truth.

Unexpectedly, when he followed the address left by the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and found the Temujin tribe, he learned from others that Guo Jing seemed to have gone out to travel with his master.
Later, he found the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan who lived in a barren mountain, and only then did he learn that in addition to their seven masters, Guo Jing had another master.

After a detailed discussion, Ma Yu left the barren mountain and prepared to wander around to see the different scenery outside the Great Wall, and then return to the Central Plains.

One day, as the sun was about to set, he was preparing to find a place to rest for the night, but unexpectedly a large black cloud rushed over from the horizon, with lightning, thunder, strong winds and heavy rain, and was heading towards him.

The desert is full of soft quicksand and changing sand dunes. On calm days, you can find a place to spend the night, but when storms come, even the bravest herdsmen dare not stay here for long.

Strong winds, rain, and accumulated water will cause huge changes to the desert terrain. If you continue to stay here, you will be buried in the sea of sand and die if you are not careful.

Although Ma Yu was an expert in martial arts, he did not dare to stay in the desert in such extreme weather.

So he used the Golden Goose Skill and quickly rushed to a nearby oasis.

Halfway through the journey, dark clouds swept in and heavy rain poured down on him. He had to use his sword energy to protect himself and speed up his journey.

As soon as I approached the oasis, I saw an ice hut by the pond and in the jungle. Although I was a little surprised, I still approached it with courage and prepared to ask the owner if he could let me in to avoid the rain.

After that, the above things happened.

"Isn't Guo Jing only sixteen years old? How could he have started to break through so early?"

Looking at the young man who was emitting hot steam from his whole body like a cooked crab, Ma Yu's face was full of shock.

Xu Xingchen smiled and said, "Ah, his internal energy has been accumulated enough, and his five qi are well nourished. Let him break through when it's time to do so. There's no need to keep him waiting?!"

Hearing this, Ma Yu opened his mouth, somewhat speechless, while muttering in his heart: "Among the next generation of disciples of my Quanzhen Sect, even the most promising ones, none of them broke through before the age of 20."

"Don't even mention my Quanzhen Sect. Among all the martial artists in the world, it is rare to be able to break through before the age of 20."

"I heard that my master and the other four masters all achieved breakthroughs when they were young."

"Guo Jing's talent, can't it be that he is as outstanding as them?"

Xu Xingchen had no idea that the Taoist in front of him had already thought about many things over and over again in his mind in just a short while. He continued to greet him and inquire about some things in the Central Plains martial arts world.

Since he happened to meet the target person of this trip north, Ma Yu was not ready to leave for the time being. He stayed in the ice house with Xu Xingchen to guard Guo Jing, who was undergoing a transformation.

Xu Xingchen had his own wishes, so he naturally wouldn't mind.

The storm outside came and went quickly. In just over an hour, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up, revealing a beautiful starry night sky.

Tonight is a moonless night. The stars are like gems, twinkling on the night sky. The faint starlight illuminates the dark desert and oasis, and also makes the obviously swollen pool in the oasis ripple and sparkle with stars.

Xu Xingchen and Ma Yu walked out of the ice house and looked into the distance. They felt that the world was even more vast and boundless, and a sense of insignificance like an ant arose in their hearts.

Compared with Xu Xingchen's extremely intense transformation process, Guo Jing's transformation seemed much gentler.

Apart from the occasional crackling of tendons and bones in the body, there was no "crackling" sound of tendons stretching and pulling, no "gurgling" sound of blood flowing in blood vessels, and no "gurgling" sound of muscles moving up and down.
Although Guo Jing's skin was like a cooked crab, constantly emitting waves of heat, it was not calm at all compared to Xu Xingchen's frightening scene of boiling energy like flames and the astonishing scene of white mist surrounding him.
To the extent that the sounds of Guo Jing's bones colliding and adjusting, and the scene of heat radiating from his whole body, made Xu Xingchen feel a little monotonous and boring.

Ma Yu's thoughts were completely opposite to Xu Xingchen's.

In his opinion, the various physical changes of the young Guo Jing all indicated the process of his body being reborn, which was beyond imagination and was a state that the disciples of their Quanzhen Sect who practiced the Quanzhen Heart Method could not reach. As a result, Ma Yu was amazed at the young Guo Jing's qualifications and the high level of the internal skills he practiced.

After hearing Ma Yu's praise, Xu Xingchen finally realized that his thinking was wrong. He was not others and others were not him. The two were completely incomparable.

For martial artists in this world, when they undergo a transformation, the more stable the changes in the body, the better the effect and the higher the success rate.

On the contrary, if the changes in the body are too drastic, it often means instability, poor efficiency, high consumption, and not much improvement after the end.
It also took Guo Jing three days and three nights to break through.

On the last day, the layer of crimson skin on his body fell off, tearing his outer clothes, as if he was a blood-red, round ball that wrapped up his entire body.

Faintly one can see that there are red and white auras rising and falling, lingering and intertwining, and the scene is extremely magical.

Xu Xingchen kept every change of Guo Jing in mind during the three days, and verified, modified, and improved them one by one with his original ideas.
When Ma Yu saw the miraculous changes in Guo Jing on his last day, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and look confused.

In the second half of the day, he circled around Guo Jing who had turned into a ball, and muttered in confusion: "Why? Why on earth is this happening? It's only the first time I've broken through the realm, how could such a miraculous phenomenon occur?"

"Don't all martial artists in the world expel the oil, mud and filth from their bodies when they break through for the first time?"

"Only when someone breaks through for the second time, some people who have practiced advanced techniques will experience miraculous phenomena."

"A warrior who has achieved a third breakthrough not only has extremely superior martial arts skills, but is also a martial arts prodigy. When he is reborn, there will inevitably be strange phenomena accompanying him."

"This is the consensus of all martial artists in the world. Why is it that it doesn't work on this kid???"

After walking around for a while, Ma Yu suddenly understood. He turned his head to look at the silent young man beside him, who was Guo Jing's "eight" master Xu Xingchen. He opened his mouth to ask something, but after opening his mouth several times, he was unable to express the questions in his mind.

At this moment, he has realized that no matter how extraordinary Guo Jing's talent is, it is impossible for him to break the rules of martial artists.

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The inner strength he practiced was extraordinary and far superior to all the methods in the world.
It was precisely because he understood this truth that the shock in his heart became even more intense. There were very few martial arts in the world that could surpass the internal energy and mental skills of the Quanzhen Sect.

And it can surpass all the martial arts in the world.
When thinking of this, Ma Yu couldn't help but think of a peerless martial arts that once shocked the world and attracted the five best masters to compete at Mount Huashan.
Jiuyin Zhenjing
If there really is a martial art in the world that can surpass all other laws in the world, he can't think of anything else except that peerless magic.

So, he wanted to ask, is the martial arts that Guo Jing practiced the "Nine Yin Scriptures"?
If it really is the "Nine Yin Scriptures", it must have been taught to Guo Jing by Master Xu Xingchen, but where did the "Nine Yin Scriptures" in Xu Xingchen's hand come from?

Since the sword fight on Mount Hua, the Nine Yin Manual fell into the hands of their master Wang Chongyang. Later, their master passed away, and the only person who knew the Nine Yin Manual was their master's junior brother, their uncle Zhou Botong.
Uncle Zhou has been missing in the martial arts world for more than ten years.
Did the missing Uncle Zhou also come to the northern desert? Is he related to the young man named Xu in front of him?

As the second-generation head of the Quanzhen Sect, Ma Yu usually manages many miscellaneous affairs of the sect. What he thinks is more, further and more comprehensive than what ordinary people think.

Therefore, in a short period of time, many things came to mind.

However, these were just his own thoughts, and the details were unknown. Moreover, this was related to the inheritance of other people's martial arts. Asking rashly would not only be against the etiquette of the martial arts world, but one might even make an enemy if not careful.

Xu Xingchen had no idea that in this world, martial artists would not experience any "strange phenomena" when they made their first breakthrough. He thought that this was normal, so he didn't think much about it.

Seeing Ma Yu opening his mouth several times to ask questions, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Master Ma, do you have any advice? But what's the problem with my disciple's breakthrough process?"

Ma Yu was silent for a while, shook his head and said: "No, there is no problem"

After a pause, he asked tentatively, "By the way, Brother Xu, do you know an old man who is as playful and innocent as a child? His name is Zhou Botong."

"I haven't met Zhou Botong yet, how can I know him?" Xu Xingchen thought to himself and denied it directly: "I don't know him, and I have never heard of such a person."

Ma Yu frowned and thought, "Did I guess wrong? Could it be that Guo Jing is not practicing the martial arts in the Nine Yin Manual?"

(End of this chapter)