Peerless Tang Sect: Becoming a God Through Medicine

Chapter 25 Overcoming Fragility, Achieving Permanence

(The description of Ji Juechen's talent in the previous chapter has been slightly modified.)
Since his reputation as a sword fanatic grew stronger at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, fewer and fewer people have been willing to accept his challenges.

There's no other reason than that Ji Juechen's sword was simply too sharp.

At first, things were alright. He was low-level and could use his soul tool to kite the enemy from a distance. Although he would be badly hit by the enemy's sword energy, he still gained the upper hand in the end.

But it stopped working later.

As Ji Juechen's sword became sharper and sharper, he would directly unleash his ultimate move when facing those Soul Masters who liked to kite. He would treat his basic attacks as ultimate moves, not only forcing his opponents to jump around with his sword energy, but also frequently destroying their Soul Guidance Devices.

The sword energy is so sharp; penetrating the outer shell of the soul tool and destroying the core magic array would be a piece of cake.

Who wants to fight someone who aims for a precise, wallet-like attack the moment they strike?

The main problem is that Ji Juechen doesn't have the money to pay compensation!

He hadn't met anyone like Lin Nuo in so long who had so readily accepted his challenge.

Sword Soul was overjoyed!

"Let's go to the Soul Arena!" Seeing that Ji Juechen didn't speak, Lin Nuo waved his hand and led the way towards the Soul Arena.

Ji Juechen quickly followed after regaining his senses.

Such a good opponent cannot be missed.

After arriving at the Soul Arena, Lin Nuo spent money to open a private combat room that was not open to the public for spectators, so that he and Ji Juechen could spar.

Knowing that Ji Juechen was broke, he didn't ask the former for money. Having just gotten two small goals from Jing Hongchen, he was now rolling in money and didn't care about a few gold soul coins.

He was more interested in Ji Juechen himself than in this expense.

Some people might think that Lin Nuo's impression of Ji Juechen is exaggerated, and that he doesn't deserve such high praise or have such great talent. But in reality, Lin Nuo never said that Ji Juechen was highly talented.

His strength lies only in his unwavering dedication to the sword.

Sword Maniac's Domain: Silence.

After the domain unfolded, everything within it seemed to fade, even Ji Juechen himself was diluted within it, his spirit and will merging into one, leaving only that divine sword poised to strike within the domain.

This is the ultimate selflessness, with nothing in one's heart but the sword. If he had a little more talent, it wouldn't be impossible for him to become a Limit Douluo.

They don't need to be too high. With Bei Bei's talent, Ji Juechen's probability of becoming a Limit Douluo is definitely countless times higher than Xuan Zi's.

Of course, these things had little to do with Lin Nuo, but that did not affect his respect for the person in front of him, nor did it affect his plan to study under Ji Juechen.

Lin Nuo was self-aware; he knew he could never be as pure as Ji Juechen, nor could he create his own domain with such extreme willpower.

However, Ji Juechen was the most unique Soul Master he could meet at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in terms of Martial Soul development.

A Soul Master's growth is inseparable from battle. Having only ever engaged in sparring with the Xiao Meng siblings, what Lin Nuo lacked most was a pure opponent like Ji Juechen. Being able to fight against him would greatly benefit Lin Nuo's growth.

"Old Ji, is it okay for me to call you that?"

Lin Nuo smiled at Ji Juechen, who didn't say anything but just nodded silently.

He didn't care what others called him, and even when he and Lin Nuo were already on the arena, his eyes never left his sword.

“I won’t lie to you, I haven’t actually experienced many high-intensity battles. If you’re looking for something from me, you might be disappointed,” Lin Nuo confessed first. Seeing that Ji Juechen didn’t reply, Lin Nuo continued, “On the contrary, the reason I agreed to fight you is that I want to learn from you, to learn your use of the sword, and to learn your understanding of the sword.”

Logically speaking, someone as sharp-minded as Arnold should be playing with weapons like hammers or axes, which are more suitable for his intelligence level.

But Arnold harbored a dream of becoming a chivalrous hero, and he preferred the cool weapon of a sword to the powerful swings of a hammer, axe, or broadsword.

Lin Nuo thought the Judgment Sword in Mirror Elder's hand was quite good. If he learned the sword technique, Lin Nuo could openly go to Mirror Elder to get gold coins.

Upon hearing this, Ji Juechen looked up in surprise.

This time, he spoke more: "My combat experience is something I've learned through repeated battles with other students. I don't mind others learning from me, so please give me your guidance."

He raised his somewhat hastily made meteorite iron longsword, pointing it diagonally at Lin Nuo. At the same time, five spirit rings, the standard spirit ring configuration, appeared one after another on his body.

"Please enlighten me." Lin Nuo nodded, opened his right hand upwards, and a Blue Silver Grass emerged from his palm. Five spirit rings also appeared on his body, but they were five super-matched spirit rings of yellow, purple, purple, black, and black.

Ding--

Lin Nuo's second and fifth spirit rings lit up one after another. The blue silver grass that grew from his palm immediately began to grow taller and intertwined like vines, gradually taking the shape of a long sword.

Before long, a magnificent longsword, entirely azure blue with grass and leaf patterns on its surface, appeared in Lin Nuo's hand.

Second Soul Skill: Growth.

Fifth Soul Skill: Eternal Fortitude.

Lin Nuo's fifth soul skill comes from the 35,000-year-old Eternal Iron Tree. The characteristics of this plant are its strong vitality and its incredibly sturdy body.

Even in the Sun Moon Empire, the Eternal Iron Tree is extremely rare. It basically only grows on mineral-rich veins, absorbing the essence of metals to enhance its strength and cultivation.

Its permanent soul skill is also very simple and straightforward: it hardens the martial soul proportionally to the amount of soul power injected by the soul master.

This soul skill allowed Lin Nuo's Blue Silver Grass to completely shed its fragile label.

If Lin Nuo wanted, the Blue Silver Grass he used to bind people could be as hard and tough as real rare metals, and it could also resist elemental damage. Even if it became conductive due to its metallization, its internal structure would not be damaged by lightning.

It can be said to be very resilient.

Just like the longsword in Lin Nuo's hand, after being infused with one-fifth of his soul power, the longsword he condensed from Blue Silver Grass was already stronger than the meteorite iron sword in Ji Juechen's hand.

It can also be used to further reinforce or repair damage through the output of soul power.

If it weren't for this soul skill, Lin Nuo wouldn't have thought of learning to use weapons, because this soul skill is just too suitable for Lin Nuo to become a weapon master.

the other side.

Once Ji Juechen entered battle mode, he fully displayed his sharpness. Even though he was just standing there, anyone who saw him would involuntarily feel a stinging pain in their eyes.

"Powerful sword energy!" Lin Nuo couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, and then, in a very reckless manner, he raised his sword and charged forward.

Composition?

Absolutely not.

(Originally, the fifth spirit ring in Chapter 20 came from the Green Wood Dragon Vine, but after thinking about it, I changed it to the Permanent Solid. In any case, the protagonist should have some attack ability other than spirit tools. The previous text has also been revised. I apologize for any impact on the reading experience.)

(End of this chapter)