Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 335 Demon-Summoning Banner

Sun Yanwan's desire to get married is quite troublesome. As an official, he needs to report to the imperial court. Both sides have their own sects, so they also need to report to the Songyang Sect and Shaochan Temple. He is all alone, at least on the Sun side, there is no one left, but the Shi family is a prominent family in the world...

We also need to make some arrangements in Black Dragon City; it will take at least half a year to prepare.

In short, you can't just get married on a whim.

Sun Yanwan wrote several official documents, as well as letters to Songyang, Shaochan Temple, the Shi family, and various familiar relatives and friends. The wedding date was still undecided, and any arrangements needed to be drafted by the elders of both families; therefore, the correspondence would take one or two months.

With nothing else to do, Sun Yanwan simply went into seclusion to study martial arts.

Almost everyone who advances to the Innate Realm or Grandmaster Realm needs several months to several years to stabilize their realm and fully unleash their martial arts skills. Although Sun Yanwan has comprehended the Subtle Realm, she still needs to hone her skills to fully utilize the martial arts of a Grandmaster.

He had only been in seclusion for a few days when he gradually felt that the hidden meridians that had been difficult to cultivate were beginning to open up after he entered the Grandmaster realm.

There is no standard for how many hidden meridians a master can open in the four realms of innate cultivation. Even at the pinnacle, it is not necessarily the case that all thirty-six hidden meridians are open. Only a master who has opened one or two dozen hidden meridians is the norm. A master who has opened all thirty-six hidden meridians is just as rare as a master who has cultivated his true qi into a profound embryonic dao seed.

If even the most skilled can't do it, then the grandmasters certainly can't.

Sun Yanwan, after all, came from the Songyang Sect. The Ziwu Scripture has a method to connect all the meridians in the body. Later, he also obtained the Taiyang Jinjing. Now, he has a very high probability of connecting all thirty-six hidden meridians at the Grandmaster level.

Sun Yanwan made the first choice and mastered the ninth transformation of Xuanhuang.

Not long after he went into seclusion in Black Dragon City, he successfully opened up all the remaining channels of the Three Divine Hidden Channels: Inspiration, Mysterious Pass, and Cave God, as well as the Three Netherworld Hidden Channels: Heavenly Vision, Earthly Hearing, and Heart Sense.

After more than a month of seclusion, I finally succeeded in cultivating the ninth transformation of Xuanhuang—the Demon-Summoning Banner!

This change, like the Taiyi Hunxian Silk, does not involve cultivating special true qi. The Taiyi Hunxian Silk is a method for controlling true qi, while the Demon-Summoning Banner is a method for controlling spiritual power.

Having successfully cultivated the Demon-Summoning Banner, Sun Yanwan's spiritual power became unprecedentedly strong.

He broke through the barrier and just then a rat happened to pass by.

Sun Yanwan shot a glare containing supreme sword intent, and the rat rolled over, scared to death.

Sun Yanwan had not expected that the Demon-Summoning Banner's extraordinary power would be so domineering. Overjoyed, she tried to integrate the extraordinary spiritual power into her own knowledge and use it to defeat her enemies.

He was pondering martial arts when someone outside announced, "Grand Steward Nanmeng has returned."

Sun Yanwan was slightly pleased. After leaving her secluded retreat, she went straight to Namco Palace.

Sun Lingdie is now the Grand Steward of the Pegasus Gang, and Nanmenggong is the Grand Steward of the Black Dragon City Fleet. Although they are actually the leaders of their respective gangs, they never use titles like "gang leader".

However, with their prestige growing daily, they no longer needed these empty titles.

Not long ago, Wuyinghou came to Black Dragon City, taking away a group of his former subordinates who had fallen out of favor with Sun Yanwan. He also helped open up maritime trade routes with Boshi Kingdom, and Nanmenggong even personally went to Boshi Kingdom. When Sun Yanwan returned, Nanmenggong had just left, returning with a fleet a few days earlier, laden with spoils.

Sun Yanwan was in seclusion, and no one dared to disturb her. They would only call out once or twice a day outside the courtyard where she was in seclusion, and today Sun Yanwan heard it.

Namco was arranging to resell the various goods brought back from Boshi Kingdom to Dalang, Beiyan, and various parts of Nanxia when Sun Yanwan suddenly appeared, much to their delight. Sun Yanwan, eager to test her newly mastered Demon-Summoning Banner technique, waved her hand, and most of the people discussing business plans with Namco involuntarily retreated.

The rest looked at each other in bewilderment. Only a few innate masters were slightly alarmed, as they could also sense the terrifying, godlike, and demonic martial arts essence emanating from Sun Yanwan.

Sun Yanwan had no intention of hurting anyone, since they were all her subordinates. She said with a smile, "Nan Meng and I are discussing some matters. You may all leave now."

The experts around Namco all recognized Sun Yanwan, and upon hearing this, they all obediently withdrew, none daring to disobey in the slightest.

Holding the ledger, Namco found it somewhat amusing and said, "Why did you come out of seclusion?"

Sun Yanwan laughed and said, "I've been in seclusion for almost a month now. I've never been in seclusion for this long before."

Namco recalled that Sun Yanwan used to go into seclusion in the morning and come out in the evening, and couldn't help but laugh, "Did you gain anything from this seclusion?"

Sun Yanwan sighed, "It's getting harder and harder to improve my martial arts these days. I've been in seclusion for a month, and I've only managed to complete the ninth transformation of Xuanhuang and open up a few hidden meridians. I haven't made much progress."

"Was there any danger on your journey? How was the Kingdom of Boshi? What are the customs like there?"

Namco laughed and said, "It certainly has a unique flavor."

Wu Huiming held his sword horizontally across his chest and said, "You flatter me."

A swordsman from the Tianshan Sect opposite him, his face full of shame, bowed and admitted defeat.

During this period, Wu Huiming selected nineteen martial arts masters, all of whom were at the first or second rank.

His martial arts skills, which he clearly displayed, were actually only at the second or third rank, yet he was invincible and defeated his opponents in about ten moves each time.

The reputation of Zhang Yuanqiao's third disciple of the Songyang School has spread far and wide since he rose to prominence in the martial arts world.

Although Wu Huiming defeated his opponent, he was not arrogant. He earnestly invited the other party not to leave and to go to a restaurant for drinks together. However, the other party was only concerned with appearances. After all, he was the disciple of a Grandmaster and had two senior brothers who were famous throughout the world. He could only reluctantly accompany him to the banquet.

Because of his generosity and magnanimity, Wu Huiming defeated countless opponents, but he also made countless friends.

After the banquet, the swordsman from the Tianshan Sect insisted on paying the bill, but he didn't try to stop him. He just gave a few perfunctory replies and said, "Next time I go to Luojing or Black Dragon City, I must visit my two senior brothers. They will definitely treat me warmly if they know they are my friends."

Everyone who heard this was overjoyed, because being able to connect with Zhang Qingxi and Sun Yanwan was a fantastic opportunity.

Compared to that, losing to Wu Huiming is not an unacceptable thing.

Sun Yanwan had no idea that he had gained a third junior brother who had also brought him countless "guests." He spent his days in Black Dragon City with Shi Si and the recently returned Nanmeng Palace, enjoying a harmonious time together. However, the atmosphere was ruined by a challenge letter from Longzang Temple.

Sun Yanwan originally thought that it was probably Giatanna who wanted to challenge him, and he was not afraid of this little princess of Northern Yan. However, he did not expect that the signature on the challenge letter was actually the monk Minglun.

It was only after Shi Si reminded him that he remembered the monk who had cultivated the True Immovable Sword but lost to Zhang Hai of Youjian Villa in the battle for the throne.

(End of this chapter)