The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 228, page 243: Wind and Thunder Wings! Finally, we've seen a living person!

a few days later.

Lu Chen sat upright in the quiet room, routinely refining the killing tribulation energy.

As the calamity energy was refined bit by bit, the sword body, true energy, and mental cultivation improved simultaneously.

Sudden.

Suddenly, a deep blue light burst forth from his liver, the light even penetrating his skin and illuminating the entire quiet room in a deep blue hue.

At the same time, the sound of wind arose, an invisible wind swirling around the land, slowly rotating, with glints of silver light appearing within it.

As a wisp of silver light swirled around Lu Chen in the wind, it silently brushed against the back of the couch, instantly creating a crack in the backrest. Even the decorative gemstones on it silently split in two.

Lu Chen remained oblivious and continued refining.

As the invisible wind grew stronger, his figure gradually rose up, leaving the couch and hovering in the air.

The silver threads in the wind grew denser and denser.

Finally, a low rumble of thunder echoed in the wind, and following the silver wisps of light, wisps of lightning appeared out of thin air around Lu Chen.

I do not know how long it has been.

The sounds of wind and thunder ceased, and the silver threads and blazing lightning disappeared.

Lu Chen floated down and returned to the couch.

The azure light that illuminated his entire body and the quiet room also receded back into his body.

Lu Chen opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his lips.

The practice of "refining the internal organs" has now been completed, and the liver has been finished!

His successful cultivation of the mind granted him the power of inner fire, making him a true innate sacred body of true fire.

Today, his liver has been successfully tempered, granting him the power of wind and thunder!
Lu Chen stood up, stepped out of the quiet room, went to the outside of Feishuang Palace, a flash of lightning appeared on his body, and he disappeared from outside the palace. The next moment, he was on the top of Feishuang Palace.

Then the sounds of wind and thunder faintly emanated from his body.

His robes and long hair moved without wind, and as lightning flashed across his body, he disappeared from the top of the palace. In the next instant, he was already ten feet in the air, as if he had teleported.

His robes fluttered in the wind, and he was surrounded by a gust of wind, yet he remained steadily suspended in the air.

"The power of wind and thunder... can not only be used for attack, but also make me move faster, and even... fly?"

With a thought, Lu Chen's true energy surged, a flash of silver light appeared behind him, and from his left shoulder blade, a pair of wings formed from silver threads unfolded with a whoosh. Immediately afterward, a thunderous roar erupted from his right shoulder blade, bursting forth with intense lightning that condensed into a thunder wing.

It is precisely after the "Sword Body" training in "Sword 3" reaches the stage of refining internal organs and successfully tempers the liver that the "lightning speed" ability is automatically acquired, which is specifically manifested by transforming true qi into wind and thunder, and condensing a pair of "wind and thunder wings"!
The Wind and Thunder Wings appeared.

Lu Chen laughed heartily, flapped his wings, and soared into the sky, flying rapidly towards the heavens.

The sound of thunder and explosion, along with Lu Chen's laughter, startled everyone in the palace.

Rong'er and Mochou stepped out of Feishuang Palace and looked up at the sky. They saw Lu Chen soaring through the air. Mochou was so shocked that her eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly, unable to utter a word.

Even Rong'er, who had followed Lu Chen through many worlds and even visited the main world, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, recalling their first meeting.

……

"Are you a fairy?"

"No! I'm just an ordinary person who unfortunately fell into the water. I'm very grateful to the young lady for saving me..."

"An ordinary person? Can an ordinary person fall from the sky?"

"Hmm... If I said that I was blown into the sky by a tornado and the wind just happened to dissipate when I passed by your small boat... would you believe me?"

"You can ride the wind, and you still say you're not a deity?"

"..."

"Alright, I've read quite a few legends and tales, and I know that when immortals travel to the mortal realm, they always like to hide their identities. Some even disguise themselves as beggars, and it's not uncommon for them to pretend to be drowning victims. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about you falling from the sky; it's our secret..."

……

Recalling the past, Rong'er smiled knowingly and said softly:
"I knew it... Brother Shen, you were a god all along. Now, you're finally starting to show your true colors!"

the other side.

Dugu Feng, Shi Feixuan, Li Xiuning, and Lian Rou also stared intently at the sky, deeply shocked.

Wanwan tilted her head back, shading her eyes with her hand, stared blankly for a while, and murmured to herself:

"You alien... are you finally giving up the act?"

this day.

At the Lishan Palace, all the palace maids were gazing at the immortals.

Many palace maids even knelt on the ground, bowing and worshipping the gods in the sky who were spreading their wings of wind and thunder, and praying endlessly.

……

A few days later, the first snow cleared up.

"Rong'er, Mochou, your flying swords."

Lu Chen placed the two small wooden boxes on the table and pushed them in front of Rong'er and Mo Chou.

The two of them each picked up a flat wooden box, only slightly larger than a matchbox, and opened it to find a layer of red silk inside, on which lay an "embroidery needle".

"Is this a flying sword?"

Rong'er picked up the embroidery needle with two fingers and examined it closely. It was indeed sword-shaped, but it was far too small and delicate.
Lu Chen laughed:

"It can change size. You should refine it with your blood first, then try to control it."

Following Professor Lu Chen's method, Rong'er and Mo Chou gently pricked their fingertips with an embroidery needle, squeezed out a drop of blood, infused it with their true energy, and dripped it onto the embroidery needle.

As the blood droplet fell into the needle, the two indeed felt a connection between their minds.

Then he performed a hand seal taught by Lu Chen, and the small sword flashed and transformed into a three-foot-long sword.

Lu Chen said with a smile:

"This sword can be used for close combat or as a flying sword for assassination. Although your cultivation is insufficient, the sword I forged can amplify the power of true qi tenfold and consume less mental energy. Therefore, even you can use it to assassinate from a distance, flying a hundred paces away."

Rong'er carried a flying sword, sometimes enlarging it and sometimes shrinking it, having a great time.

Mo Chou was not as composed as usual, and like Rong'er, she kept making the flying sword bigger and smaller, looking as if she loved it dearly.

After playing for a while, Rong'er asked Lu Chen with a smile:
"Brother Chen, what are the names of my and Mochou's two flying swords?"

"They're just ordinary flying swords, nothing special, so we didn't name them."

The flying sword that Lu Chen forged was made of only the essence of Xuan Iron. In the mortal world, it would be considered a top-grade forging material, but compared to real divine and rare iron, it was nothing.

In terms of technique, while the Void Sword Sect's weapon-forging skills have some unique aspects, they are not particularly remarkable in the entire Journey to the West world.

Lu Chen's blood is a rare treasure, which gives the flying sword the ability to turn decay into magic.

However, Lu Chen's current sword body cultivation is only at the fourth stage of "refining internal organs," and his blood ability is far from reaching its limit.

Therefore, the flying swords being forged now are only for temporary use.

Just like ordinary swords used by martial arts practitioners, there is no need to name them.

Speaking of which, Lu Chen can forge a flying sword in just two hours if he has enough materials—it wasn't that easy for Old Zhong and his master and patriarch to forge swords.

First, the naturally occurring essence of Xuan Iron is extremely rare on the earth's surface. To forge a sword using the essence of Xuan Iron, one must refine it using true fire. Moreover, it takes a thousand catties of Xuan Iron to refine one ounce of Xuan Iron essence.

Since Lao Zhong and his group didn't have a "Primordial True Fire Saint Body" like Lu Chen, it would take them a long time just to gather enough materials to forge a flying sword.

Even after the flying sword is forged, it cannot be used immediately.

It still needs to be tempered with true essence for a long time and communicated with the mind repeatedly. It takes at least three to five years of tempering and communication before a flying sword can initially have practical combat capabilities.

Unlike Lu Chen, who used readily available Xuan Tie essence to forge a flying sword in just two hours, which only needed to be tempered with a few dozen drops of blood before it was ready to use and was far more powerful than the flying swords of Lao Zhong and the others.

Only Lu Chen could forge a flying sword so easily.

Rong'er and Mochou, having just acquired flying swords, couldn't wait to find a place to practice them.

Lu Chen then took them with him and went to find Xiao Feng'er and the others, giving each of them a flying sword.

Lianrou was also included.

However, hers was not a flying sword, but a crescent-shaped flying blade with blades on both the inside and outside, and the hilt placed in the middle.

Afterwards, the group went to the mountains behind the palace and practiced flying swords in a mountain valley.

As Rong'er and the others released their flying swords, the air was filled with howling winds as the swords darted back and forth, swift as lightning and graceful as dragons, radiating a chilling sharpness that made one's heart tremble.

Suddenly, another crescent moon rose up, flashing with a chilling light, spinning rapidly back and forth, slashing through everything in its path, turning solid rocks into brittle, decaying wood at the slightest touch.

Rong'er and Mo Chou were hampered by insufficient spiritual cultivation. Even though Lu Chen's sword had special enhancements, they could only fly the sword for a hundred steps. Beyond a hundred steps, their mental strength was insufficient to control the flying sword remotely.

Dugu Feng and her companions from the Twin Dragons world placed great emphasis on mental cultivation from the very beginning of their martial arts training, and each of them possessed exceptionally strong mental cultivation.

Therefore, Dugu Feng, Wanwan, and Shi Feixuan can all fly a thousand steps on their swords, Lian Rou can control her crescent-shaped flying blade from nearly nine hundred steps away, and Li Xiuning can also fly about nine hundred steps away.

However, seeing that Rong'er and Mochou only controlled their swords within a hundred paces, Dugu Feng and the others did not make too much of a show of it. Like Rong'er and Mochou, they also kept their flying swords and curved blades within a hundred paces.

Even if it's only a hundred paces, that's still a very long distance. On the battlefield, the effective range that sharpshooters can guarantee is often only a hundred paces.

this day.

The masters of Lishan Palace, or rather, "Tianjian Manor," have collectively entered the era of flying swords.

After the castration process, Lu Chen and his sect were officially named "Heavenly Sword Sect," and the Lishan Palace was also known as "Heavenly Sword Manor."

It's just that it hasn't been announced to the world yet.

……

Lu Chen once again arrived at the depths of the Earth's core, preparing to absorb the tribulation energy for cultivation.

But as soon as he arrived today, he sensed something was amiss.

He looked at a large crater created during the last flying sword practice, pointed his finger, and a Yin-Yang dual-energy sword shot out. With a loud bang, rubble flew everywhere, and a black shadow darted out, jumping onto a large rock next to him, baring its teeth at him.

Looking at the dark figure, Lu Chen raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

It turned out to be a puppet.

It resembles a weasel, and although it appears to be made entirely of wood, it possesses the agility of a living creature.

Its eyes were two crystals, shimmering with a crimson glow. With its iron claws and steel teeth, it did indeed have a certain imposing presence when it silently bared its teeth in a show of force.

Has anyone been here?

Lu Chen felt a mixture of surprise, wariness, and a hint of joy.

Although he can now fly, he is completely clueless about the geography deep within the earth's lungs and dares not fly recklessly in search of a way out.

Who knows if there are any deadly zones or treacherous areas inside? He didn't want to gamble on whether his sword body could withstand a wave of damage and travel back in time.

Now that there are man-made structures, Lu Chen felt that he had a way out.

He sensed the few small protective magical artifacts he always carried on his person, as well as the flying sword hidden in his sleeve, and stared at the weasel puppet, saying:
Where is your master?

The puppet remained silent, only staring at him with its bright red crystal eyes.

As they locked eyes, Lu Chen suddenly had a strange feeling.

He felt as if someone was looking at him through the puppet's eyes from afar.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen took out the Heavenly Soldier Talisman and wore it on his waist, saying calmly:
"I am Lu Chen, a disciple of the Void Sword Sect from Lingxu Mountain in the Southern Region of Tongtianhe Continent, Xiniuhezhou. May I ask where you are, my friend? Would you be so kind as to show yourself?"

The puppet's gaze fell on the Heavenly Soldier Talisman at Lu Chen's waist, as if to confirm its authenticity.

Then a soft female voice came from the puppet's mouth:
"So it's Fellow Daoist Lu. I am Li Xinzhu, a disciple of the Divine Beast Mountain in the southern region of Tongtian River. I am here with my senior brother to collect evil lightning on the orders of our sect. Please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist, my senior brother and I will come to see you shortly."

Lu Chen nodded:
"We await your arrival."

He didn't know what kind of sect "Divine Beast Mountain" was, nor did he know whether it was good or evil.

Even if the other party is a villain, he has several protective magical artifacts, as well as a sword body, a flying sword, and wind and thunder wings. His defense, attack, and movement are all maxed out. Finally, he has the Zhuxian Sword Intent to ensure his safety. Therefore, he is not afraid to meet the other party.

Leaving this deep part of the earth's lungs always involves a bit of risk.

Compared to venturing out on one's own and making contact with cultivators, the risks are undoubtedly more controllable.

After all, he didn't think that the cultivators who came to this godforsaken place to collect supplies could be any extraordinary experts.

More likely, they were just unsuccessful people who had accepted missions from their sect and were doing menial tasks for it.

Soon, a beam of starlight descended from the clouds ahead.

The starlight flew towards them, and Lu Chen was slightly relieved when he saw how fast it flew.

There's no other reason than that the speed at which the starlight could fly was not as fast as his Wind and Thunder Wings.

As the starlight rapidly approached.

Lu Chen also saw the figures in the starlight; they were a young man and woman.

The man was tall and robust, as majestic as a bear, and wore an animal skin garment.

The woman was tall and graceful with a beautiful face, and wore a feathered robe woven from the feathers of various birds.

However, it seems that the two did not rely on cultivation techniques to fly.

The starlight that enveloped the two and carried them through the air emanated from the woman's feathered robe.

Soon, the starlight flew to the foot of the stone mountain. The couple did not approach rashly, maintaining a distance of a hundred feet from Lu Chen. After a cautious exchange of glances, the woman said:
"This humble woman is Li Xinzhu. This is my senior brother, Hong Yue."

Lu Chen bowed respectfully.
"Lu Chen of the Void Sword Sect greets Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Hong."

Hong Yue also bowed respectfully and said in a deep voice:

"I have met Fellow Daoist Lu. I have also heard of the reputation of the 'Void Sword Sect' of Lingxu Mountain. However, it is said that Fellow Daoist Zhong Yunxuan, the third-generation successor of the Void Sword Sect, disappeared more than ten years ago. Since Fellow Daoist Lu claims to be a successor of the Void Sword Sect, may I ask how you address Fellow Daoist Zhong?"

Have you heard of the Void Sword Sect?
Well, "Divine Beast Mountain" is also a sect in the southern region of Tongtian River. The two sects may have actually heard of each other.

Lu Chen sighed at that moment:
“Brother Zhong has passed away. I am the junior brother he accepted on behalf of our master before his death.”

With a flick of his sleeve, he released a flying sword that had shrunk to the size of an embroidery needle. With a thought, the flying sword instantly grew to three feet in length, nimbly circling around him.
"This is the flying sword technique that Senior Brother Zhong taught me."

Hong Yue and Li Xinzhu are both young members of the Spirit Beast Mountain. Although they have heard of the reputation of the Void Sword Sect and know that it is good at flying swords, they have never seen the swordsmanship of the Void Sword Sect in person.

However, since Lu Chen's words were without flaws, and he could wield a flying sword and possessed a Heavenly Soldier Talisman, Hong Yue and Li Xinzhu exchanged a glance, relaxed their guard slightly, landed on the rocky mountain, and came over to talk to him.

Of course, like Lu Chen, they also carried various defensive and even counter-attack talismans and magical artifacts to prevent Lu Chen from harboring malicious intentions and suddenly attacking them.

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