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Chapters 130 & 145: Demonic Techniques, Mysteries of Immortality [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]

After Yang Xuyan left.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who had been watching Lu Chen and Yang Xuyan's fight with great tension, finally breathed a deep sigh of relief, thankful that they had escaped another disaster. Their eyes were full of admiration as they looked at Lu Chen.

The fight between Lu Chen and Yang Xuyan was brief but intense.

Their movements were as swift as lightning, creating countless afterimages that were difficult to discern with the naked eye. Kou Xu was amazed, feeling as if he were witnessing an illusion performance.

Although Lu Chen seemed to be at a disadvantage, with Yang Xuyan seizing the initiative in every move and feeling passive and suppressed throughout, Yang Xuyan only had the upper hand on the surface, but never gained any real advantage.

In the end, they had no choice but to retreat.

In a one-on-one fight, he nearly effortlessly forced back the "Shadow Assassin" Yang Xuyan...

If such a record were to spread, he would immediately become famous throughout the martial arts world and become a guest of honor sought after by various warlords!

The reason it is said to be "almost" unharmed is because Lu Chen still took quite a few sword wounds.

But compared to Wagangzhai, Xu Ziling's encounter with Yang Xuyan was far more severe.

Although Xu Ziling discovered Yang Xuyan in advance, when Yang Xuyan launched a strong attack, Xu Ziling only managed to withstand two moves before being stabbed in the abdomen and suffering severe injuries.

If it weren't for Kou Zhong's timely assistance, and the fact that they were at Shen Luoyan's residence at the time, where a large number of Wagang masters heard the fighting and rushed to attack, forcing Yang Xuyan to retreat, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling would have been killed on the spot.

Lu Chen and Yang Xuyan exchanged over a hundred blows at an extremely fast pace. Although his clothes had more than a dozen tears and bloodstains could be seen in some places, he still gave the impression of being full of energy and even calm and composed, as if he had only suffered some minor injuries.

"Is Brother Lu well?"

Xu Ziling asked with concern.

"It's nothing," Lu Chen said calmly. "Just a minor scratch."

If it's not treated in time, the injury will heal!

"I'm glad you're alright, Brother Lu."

Xu Ziling's expression turned solemn, and he and Kou Zhong bowed deeply to him:
"Thank you so much, Brother Lu, for saving my life!"

In Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's view, given their current state, encountering the shadow assassin Yang Xuyan would only lead to their demise.

Lu Chen stopped Yang Xuyan, causing him to return empty-handed. For Kou Xu, this was an absolute life-saving grace.

Lu Chen pondered the swordsmanship and movement techniques he had just learned from Yang Xuyan, and said nonchalantly:
"I'm not doing this for you; I just want to experience Yang Xuyan's martial arts skills."

In fact, if it weren't for my appearance, you might not have run into Yang Xuyan at all.

"In any case, Brother Lu's kindness in saving our lives is real."

Kou Zhong solemnly said:
“Brother Lu may not care, but we cannot deny it.”

Lu Chen glanced at the two of them and said calmly:
"Suit yourself. The roadblock is gone; it's time to continue on our way."

The battle just now was too short, with only a hundred or so moves exchanged.

Yang Xuyan's "Illusory Demon Body Technique and Illusory Sword Technique" originated from one of the four great books, "Heavenly Demon Strategy," which is an extremely profound and top-level martial art in the Twin Dragons world. In just a few hundred moves, Lu Chen could not possibly have learned all of Yang Xuyan's swordsmanship and body techniques.

However, I did learn a small part of it, so it can be considered a gain.

Once he has mastered "Sword Four: Heart Sword" to a certain level and gained stronger spiritual perception, he will have to change his offensive and defensive stances when he fights Yang Xuyan again.

As Lu Chen continued to ponder what he had just learned, he flew towards the outside of the city, and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling quickly followed.

This time, they encountered no further mishaps and successfully left the city, arriving in the southern suburbs of Jiangdu.

At this time, the southern suburbs outside the city were full of people, all of whom were Jiangdu residents who had been alerted in time and took advantage of the chaos to escape the city.

Looking around, there were thousands upon thousands of people, adults shouting and children crying, a scene of chaos.

Rebel soldiers rode up on horseback, loudly proclaiming Yuwen Huaji's order, demanding that the Jiangdu residents who had fled the war return to the city. But the people refused to listen, and the crowd continued to surge forward.

The rebels were busy controlling Jiangdu and wiping out the remaining imperial guards loyal to Yang Guang. The messenger who came to deliver the order was only a dozen or so riders. Seeing that no one paid attention to Yuwen Huaji's orders, the mere dozen or so people did not dare to block the way of tens of thousands of people. After shouting a few times, they retreated on their own.

Kou Zhong seemed to be deep in thought upon seeing this:
"This is the power of the masses; if used properly, it can produce unexpected results."

Xu Ziling, who had been supporting him the whole way, said irritably:
"Could you please conserve your energy for the journey? It's tiring to help you like this."

Kou Zhong chuckled and said no more.

Following the crowd fleeing the city, the three walked along the river towards Danyang for more than ten miles before breaking away from the crowd and entering the mountain forest by the roadside.

Lu Chen gave Kou Xu some medicine to help them heal their wounds as soon as possible.

The two thanked each other and, after applying the medicine, assisted each other in healing. The yin and yang energies of longevity circulated within their bodies, causing their injuries to heal rapidly.

While the two were healing, Lu Chen continued to study Yang Xuyan's swordsmanship and movement techniques, gradually gaining more insights.

As dawn broke, Kou Xu finished a round of treatment and suddenly heard a strange wind sound.

The wind was initially gentle and mild, but gradually grew stronger and stronger, eventually becoming like a howling gale.

However, Kou Xu did not feel the approaching gale.

The two looked in surprise and saw Lu Chen holding a three-foot bamboo branch, wielding a sword. Sword wind swirled around him, but it did not dissipate. The chilling sword wind only existed within a ten-foot radius around him.

The fierce, howling wind was caused by the sword wind within a zhang radius around him.

Even more amazingly, the howling sword winds around Lu Chen were flowing in different directions.

There are rotations from left to right, rotations from right to left, forward rolls, backward rolls, and even diagonal rotations.

The reason why he could see the direction of the invisible sword wind's rotation with his naked eye without relying on his spiritual sense was because a large number of withered grass and fallen leaves were floating around Lu Chen.

By observing the way the withered grass and leaves swirled and danced in the air, one could easily discern the direction of the sharp sword winds swirling and flowing around Lu Chen.

This miraculous scene caused Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to hold their breath involuntarily.

At the same time, their keen talent for martial arts also made them realize that Lu Chen's sword moves at this moment had a strong resemblance to Yang Xuyan's swordsmanship.

Sa——

Amidst the sharp whistling of the wind, Lu Chen suddenly thrust his sword straight forward. The sword winds around him, which had originally flowed in different directions, instantly unified with his thrust and rushed forward together.

The withered grass and fallen leaves, swept into the air by the sword wind and fluttering haphazardly, also gathered together and rushed downwards and forwards with the force of the sword wind, looking like a fountain made of grass and leaves.

The sword wind, carrying blades of grass, flew more than four zhang away, crashing into a large tree that was as thick as a person's embrace. The seemingly weak withered grass and fallen leaves were as sharp as steel needles and iron sheets, causing the tree's bark to crack and wood to fly off.

When the sword wind subsided and the grass and leaves dispersed, a crater more than a foot deep and the size of a washbasin appeared on the tree.

Kou and Xu stared blankly at the dent in the tree trunk, wondering what the consequences would have been if Lu Chen's sword strike had been aimed at them.

Won't the withered grass and fallen leaves, swept up by that sword wind, be torn to pieces?
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were amazed by the power of Lu Chen's sword strike.

Lu Chen himself was not very satisfied.

For the time being, this sword strike has little significance other than showing off skills.

Because his Six Meridian Divine Sword can also reach this far and has even stronger penetrating power, the energy consumed by releasing a single sword aura is much less than the energy consumed by thrusting out this sword.

However, the sword winds swirling around him in different directions before he thrust out this sword were somewhat useful.

The sword winds flowing rapidly in different directions can pull on the enemy like an underwater whirlpool, affecting their movement.

From now on, any opponent who faces Lu Chen will be fighting him as if he were underwater, constantly battling the effects of the swirling sword winds. The closer they are to him, the greater the impact.

This is precisely the method of applying true qi that I learned from Yang Xuyan.

As for Yang Xuyan's swordsmanship, which uses sword energy to influence people's senses, Lu Chen also had some insights into it.

The sword wind swirling around him can also impair the enemy's vision, and the piercing howl of the wind can also affect the enemy's hearing.

It can not only disrupt the enemy's vision and hearing, but also interfere with the enemy's sense of qi to a certain extent.

When necessary, Lu Chen can thrust out his sword, which can mobilize all the sword wind around him to form a thick and large sword wind impact. However, it is not very practical at present. It consumes a lot of resources, has a short range, and has average power. The attack speed is also not fast enough. True masters can easily dodge it.

We need to continue to conduct in-depth analysis and make continuous improvements.

This is what makes Lu Chen so terrifying.

In every battle, he always learns new skills from his new opponents, integrates them into his own understanding, and transforms them into his own.

After pondering the application of sword wind vortexes and impacts for a while, Lu Chen looked at Kou Xu, who was cautiously avoiding disturbing him, and asked:

"Has your injury healed?"

Xu Ziling said, "Brother Lu's medicine is very effective. My injuries have recovered by 70%."

Kou Zhong said, "I've also recovered about 50-60%."

His injuries were more severe than Xu Ziling's, so his recovery was a little slower.

"Very good, continue healing."

As he spoke, he gave the two of them some medicine for their injuries.

While Kou Xu used medicine to continue healing, Lu Chen found a flat stone, sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate on the Heart Sword.

This contemplation felt quite different from what I experienced in the worlds of Condor Heroes and Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

The world of Twin Dragons in the Tang Dynasty seems particularly suitable for spiritual cultivation.

When Lu Chen was immersed in meditation, he felt a smooth and silky sensation of "the power of heaven and earth working together". The efficiency of visualizing and strengthening the "sword of the mind" was several times higher than in the world of Condor Heroes and Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils!
"At this rate, it might not be long before I possess spiritual perception that rivals that of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling!"

Lu Chen felt exhilarated.

His biggest weakness right now is his perception.

Once this weakness is addressed, Yang Xuyan will certainly no longer be able to seize the initiative with every move, putting him at a disadvantage throughout the entire match, just like he did last night.

Even against Yuwen Huaji, whom Kou Xu dared not confront, Lu Chen felt he had a certain chance of winning.

After all, he is now a bit stronger than he was last night. Last night, Kou Xu said that he was less dangerous than Yuwen Huaji, but now that his strength has improved and he has made up for his shortcomings in perception, his level of danger will obviously be very different from last night.

Lu Chen meditated for most of the morning until the sun was high in the sky and he noticed the movements of Kou and Xu before he opened his eyes.

Kou Xu had just finished another round of treatment and was gently moving his hands and feet.

Seeing that he had opened his eyes and was looking at him, Kou Zhong quickly said:
"Thank you for the medicine, Brother Lu. Xiao Ling and I have fully recovered from our injuries!"

Based on their frequent injuries, given the injuries they sustained last night in Jiangdu Palace, even with the miraculous healing effects of the Longevity True Qi, it would take at least two or three days to fully recover if they tried to heal themselves.

He recovered completely in just one night and half a morning, clearly because the medicine Lu Chen gave him was exceptionally effective.

"very good."

Lu Chen nodded in satisfaction and stood up. "Now that your injuries have healed, you can have a friendly spar!"

His battle with Yang Xuyan made him fairly clear about his own strength level.

Yang Xuyan has always been one of the best young masters, and has never fallen out of the top tier among his peers.

Even though he is still growing and his strength is far from what it was in the later stages, and he is not yet a match for many veteran masters, at least among his peers, there are few who can compare with Yang Xuyan.

The fact that Lu Chen could make Yang Xuyan helpless against him is enough to prove that his strength has reached the same level as Yang Xuyan, and he can be compared with other geniuses of the same generation.

Although Kou Xu is a rapidly developing genius, his training time is still too short, and he is far from being able to compare with Yang Xuyan.

Logically speaking, Lu Chen wouldn't gain any martial arts skills from sparring with them, while Kou Xu could benefit from his talent of using battle to sustain himself in battle.

However, Lu Chen originally had no intention of learning any martial arts skills from Kou Xu.

He simply wanted to glimpse the secrets of the "Longevity Secret".

"Brother Lu, please show mercy!"

Kou Zhong picked up the Sui soldier's standard longsword he had seized, said something with a grin, then suddenly gathered his strength and leaped up, more than two zhang high, drawing an arc in the air as he swooped down towards Lu Chen, using the momentum of his dive to deliver a swift slash.

In a low-level martial arts world, when masters clash, jumping up to fight is practically suicide.

But the Twin Dragons world is different.

Some of the light-footed skills in this world allow one to change direction in mid-air when there is nowhere to lean on, or even soar through the air like a falcon.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling happen to possess the "Bird Crossing Technique," which allows them to change direction mid-air.

Furthermore, Kou Zhong is not alone.

As he leaped up to draw his sword, Xu Ziling lunged forward and unleashed a palm strike, delivering a powerful, air-splitting palm strike that hurtled towards Lu Chen from a distance of ten feet.

Xu Ziling, who was only a minor expert, was able to unleash a palm strike that could travel over ten feet in the air. Moreover, this palm strike was quite powerful, with highly concentrated force, enough to threaten experts like Ouyang Ke from the Legend of the Condor Heroes world.

This is undoubtedly thanks to the profound mystery of the innate true energy of the Longevity Formula.

Even in this world of Twin Dragons, where sword energy, blade light, palm strikes, and fist strikes fill the air, an ordinary martial artist, whose skill level is only comparable to Kou Xu's, would not be able to unleash such a powerful palm strike.

Bang!
Amidst the loud bang, Lu Chen raised his hand to receive Xu Ziling's palm strike, only to feel a scorching true energy blast into his palm, attempting to penetrate into his meridians.

The "sword body" instantly dissipated half of its force, but half of the highly condensed, scorching force remained in his palm, continuing to try to penetrate.

Before Lu Chen could completely dissipate the scorching true energy, Kou Zhong's longsword had already slashed down again.

Lu Chen suddenly flicked his finger, his fingernail striking Kou Zhong's longsword blade squarely, producing a loud metallic clang.

Kou Zhong was sent flying, sword and all, by a flick of his finger, but a chilling true energy also erupted from Lu Chen's fingertip, attempting to invade his meridians as well.

Kou Zhong, with his fiery temper, practiced the Yin-attribute diagram, while Xu Ziling, who preferred tranquility, practiced the Yang-attribute diagram.

Therefore, Kou Zhong's true energy is cold and yin, while Xu Ziling's true energy is hot and scorching. Their true energy is yin and yang, cold and hot, but they do not clash. Instead, they complement each other.

At this very moment, the icy true energy at Lu Chen's fingertips and the scorching true energy remaining in his palm resonated with each other. One moved rapidly downwards from his fingertips, while the other moved swiftly from his palm towards his fingers. Then, the two converged and transformed into a spiraling force that pierced his hand, causing a slight pain in his fingers and palm.

This is quite remarkable. After the "Sword Body" has been tempered to perfection, only the second-level Five Greats level experts can hurt Lu Chen.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's two streams of true energy converged into a spiral force. Although it did not break through his skin and flesh defenses, it could still make him feel pain, which shows how miraculous the innate true energy cultivated by the Longevity Technique is. These two guys can barely exchange two moves with Yang Xuyan now and they are already seriously injured. What will happen when they reach Yang Xuyan's current level?
Wouldn't that break through Lu Chen's defenses?

With this in mind, Lu Chen became even more interested in the Yin and Yang energies of the Longevity Technique. He flicked his palm to deflect Xu Ziling's punch aimed at his chest, and then pointed with his sword to deflect Kou Zhong's long saber, which was about to strike again after landing. With an extremely serious attitude, he began to spar with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, whose martial arts skills were far inferior to his.

He gradually uncovered the mysteries of the Yin and Yang energies in the Longevity Formula.

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