Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 268 Heavenly Phantom Without a Shadow, Four Symbols Yuan Technique

Although Sun Yanwan had read the Shadowless Sword Manual, he had never practiced it. The three methods of circulating true qi that he had explored were only flashes of inspiration, and he did not have a deep understanding of their mysteries.

Moreover, Sun Yanwan possesses Xuanhuang True Qi. Even if she could try to cultivate it, she would disperse the newly cultivated True Qi in order to ensure its purity. She would not allow any foreign True Qi to remain in her body, so she could not have the same profound experience as Wuying Hou.

Wu Yinghou did not hold back, and revealed all the changes he had deduced based on Sun Yanwan's ideas.

The methods of circulating true qi and the Shadowless True Qi that Sun Yanwan explored can both enhance lightness skills and increase attack speed. However, if one constantly switches between the two types of true qi, lightness skills and attack speed will increase slightly with each switch, making the movement faster and the attacks more ghostly.

As the two discussed, this strange mental cultivation method became more and more perfect. After all, Wuying Hou was the one who created the Wuying Sword Technique, and his experience was far richer than Sun Yanwan's. He just didn't have as many ingenious ideas as Sun Yanwan.

Originally, the mental cultivation method created by Sun Yanwan was not perfect. There was also an upper limit to the number of times one could switch between the two mental cultivation methods. After only three or four times, the switch would stop and both streams of true energy would become disordered.

But the two quickly resolved the problems they encountered one by one. From morning to night, they repaired nearly a hundred flaws. Sun Yanwan's mental cultivation method was gradually becoming perfect, and there were no more problems in switching between the two mental cultivation methods. It could switch up to nine times and always maintain the peak state without any problems of true qi disorder or inability to switch.

When the moon was high in the sky, Wuying Hou laughed three times, and Wuying Sword suddenly appeared in his hand. A burst of sword light suddenly erupted from Tianwang Tower. Sun Yanwan and Shi Si could only see a burst of sword light rolling around in the tower. Wuying Hou's majestic body was completely covered by the sword light. He was truly invisible under the sword!

Sun Yanwan was secretly surprised and said, "Master Aunt, he has broken through to the Grandmaster level, hasn't he?"
Before Shi Si could answer, Wuying Hou appeared and said with a smile, "Ascending to the Grandmaster level is not that easy."

"Besides, my foundation was weak in my early years, and now I am old. Even if my swordsmanship is invincible, I can never surpass the limits of human life."

Wuyinghou sighed and said softly, "If I had met you five or six years earlier, I might have really had a chance to become a Grandmaster."

"Now……"

"Hard to say."

"You can name this martial art that we created together!"

Sun Yanwan's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "How about calling the mental cultivation technique I created the Heavenly Demon Transformation?"

After pondering for a long time, Wuying Hou said, "Very good. Let's combine the two cultivation methods and call it Heavenly Demon Shadowless!"

No sooner had Wuying Hou finished speaking than a bold voice rang out: "Let's see how my Four Symbols Yuan Technique works!"

A drab figure rushed out, striking out with a powerful palm. Wuying Hou smiled brightly, gathering his strength, and unleashed eight sword strikes in an instant, all of which landed on Ba Tianmo's palm.

The two exchanged a single blow and then retreated. Wuyinghou's face was full of surprise as he exclaimed, "What kind of skill is this? Let me try it again!"

The Heavenly Demon Shadowless Sword struck again, transforming into countless sword beams. Ba Tianmo focused his mind and channeled his palm power, and the two exchanged twenty or thirty blows in the Heavenly King Tower in an instant.

Wuyinghou originally thought that his swordsmanship had greatly improved and he would be able to easily defeat Batianmo. However, he did not expect that Batianmo's palm force was extremely strange. Within one palm strike, the internal force would undergo four changes, with each subsequent palm strike being more powerful than the previous one. The four palm strikes were like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami, extremely powerful and fierce.

No matter how fast his Heavenly Shadowless Sword was, it could never overcome the barrier and break through Ba Tianmo's powerful palm strike.

Wuyinghou sheathed his sword and said, "Let's stop fighting! Your palm technique is quite interesting." Batianmo chuckled and said, "Your sword technique is also very fast. If I had encountered this sword technique a few days ago, I'm afraid I would have died on the spot after at most a hundred moves."

"And with your lightness skill, you can't escape even if you want to."

Sun Yanwan was also mesmerized and couldn't help but ask, "Senior Ba, what's the deal with your Four Symbols Yuan Technique?"

Ba Tianmo said with a smug look, "Inspired by you, I tried countless times and found that only these four mental techniques can be switched in sequence. Each time you switch, your true energy will become more solid and your palm strike will become stronger. However, once you have four palm strikes, you will return to the first mental technique, and the second palm strike will have to start from the first one again."

"I will name it the Four Symbols Primordial Technique!"

"This mental cultivation method is only in its initial stage. Give me a few more years to perfect it, and it will surely become an invincible martial art."

Sun Yanwan suddenly felt a bit frustrated. The methods he came up with had helped Wuying Hou and Ba Tianmo make breakthroughs, but he himself hadn't gained anything.

Ba Tianmo pondered for a long time before saying, "I don't want to tell outsiders about this mental cultivation method. It should be passed down exclusively by me, Ba, and the Northern Beggars' Clan. However, if either of you has descendants, you can choose one to become my disciple, and I will definitely impart all of this martial art to you."

"These days have been truly enjoyable; let us drink to our hearts' content."

Sun Yanwan didn't care. He knew the approach to the Four Symbols Yuan Gong and would figure it out sooner or later. It's like solving a problem. Once you know there's a solution, know the approach, and know the various theorems, no matter how difficult it is, someone will always be able to solve it again.

Wuying Hou also never mentioned Tianmei Wuying. He could talk freely with Sun Yanwan about cultivation techniques, but he didn't have that kind of trust with Ba Tianmo.

The four ordered a banquet and were drinking heartily when Ba Tianmo suddenly said, "Although I will keep the Four Symbols Yuan Technique a secret, I can tell you a little trick."

"When I traveled the world, I encountered the Tianma Gang. I was quite interested in their quick-learning techniques and learned some of them as well."

"To be able to extract dozens of segments from various mental cultivation methods, each of which can be practiced independently, although it seems simple, this person must be a grandmaster of the present age. Although you are clever and talented, you would never be able to come up with such a method without decades of accumulation."

Sun Yanwan smiled awkwardly and said, "It is indeed my master's doing."

Not to mention back then, even now, having participated in revising the Five Classics and Thirteen Great Arts, and being able to create new martial arts alongside Wuyinghou and Batianmo, Sun Yanwan still can't do what Zhang Yuanqiao could do so easily back then.

Because that's not talent, but the result of decades of arduous training, reaching a state of divine enlightenment in martial arts, and naturally acquiring profound wisdom.

Ba Tianmo said, "After I created the Four Symbols Yuan Gong, I tried to use these rudimentary mental techniques in combination and arranged them. I also discovered a change. With the seven mental techniques, the speed of power increases slightly with each successive transformation. I named it the Lesser Seven Intercepting Array and can give it to you."

Ba Tianmo immediately explained the mental cultivation method, and even Wuying Hou was full of praise.

This mental cultivation method is composed of quick-learning mental cultivation methods recorded in the lower volume of Sun Family Martial Arts Classic. These methods are not systematic and can only cultivate one meridian at a time. They are very easy to learn, but they have little potential. However, with this Lesser Seven Intercept Formation, an ordinary member of the Heavenly Horse Gang can challenge opponents one level higher. A ninth-rank can fight an eighth-rank, and an eighth-rank can fight a seventh-rank...

Well, it won't go any higher, because these scattered cultivation methods can only be cultivated to the eighth rank at most.

(End of this chapter)