You call this the way of the sword?

Indeed, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.

"I never expected it to be the 'Ask Tao' scroll!"

Yang Qingfeng was genuinely surprised.

He knew about scrolls; his teacher had taught him about them.

There are roughly three ways to learn Taoist skills in this world.

Common skill manuals.

Passing down skill manuals.

Add another scroll with the "Ask Tao" skill.

The ordinary skill manuals are the kind Yang Qingfeng saw at the exchange, priced at 10,000 silver coins each.

Using it allows you to randomly acquire skills related to your own Dao body. There is a possibility of failure or even repetition. Even so, it is still the most common and frequently used skill.

It's difficult to assess the secrets of inherited skills.

It belongs to the skills that were copied and passed down by predecessors, and there are quite a few of them, but the quality is even higher.

For example, some secret manuals may seem impressive and cool just by their names, but once you learn them and use them, you'll find that they're even more laughable than a spirit sword that's only the size of a toothpick.

In other words, the value of a secret manual lies in the word "inheritance," and it is generally used more by aristocratic families.

The "Ask Tao" scroll is an enhanced version of the ordinary manual.

It is said that only one copy of the "Ask Tao" scroll can be produced out of 100000 ordinary manuals. Moreover, it has no chance of failure and will grant the user skills strongly related to their own characteristics based on their physical body.

Yang Qingfeng's swordsmanship is a magic-based summoning style, which has two characteristics: magic and summoning.

The skills obtained by using the "Ask Tao" scroll will be related to these two characteristics.

Yang Qingfeng knew that his swordsmanship was quite unique, and in theory, using the Dao Asking Scroll to learn skills would be the most appropriate thing to do, but unfortunately, this thing was priceless.

So in the early stages, just use the regular manuals. If needed later, you can switch to the Taoist scroll. At that time, you only need to buy another "Purifying Bottle" to reset your skills.

That was Yang Qingfeng's original plan, but things didn't go as planned...

"It seems that Senior Brother Sun may be a good person. It's a pity that the heavens are jealous of talent and he was caught up in the ghost army uprising."

Yang Qingfeng unleashed his magic power to activate the Dao Asking Scroll.

In an instant, it was enveloped in a dazzling array of colors, and after a few seconds of brilliance, it shot out a beam of light.

The rosy light shone directly on Yang Qingfeng's brow, spreading a wondrous coolness that instantly permeated his entire body, penetrating his soul, and ultimately transforming into a kind of enlightenment that surged into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Just then, a burst of light shone from Yang Qingfeng's body.

It's been upgraded!

Double happiness!

Yang Qingfeng was overjoyed and quickly opened the attributes to check.

Name: Yang Qingfeng

[Cultivation: Swordsmanship]

[Cultivation Level: 108 days]

[Level: 12 (0.7%)]

[Constitution: 210 (Strength)]

[Mana: 600 + 150 (Spirit)]

[Agility: 190]

Endurance: 190 + 200 (Stamina)

[Equipment: Wolf King Bone Club, Demonic Cloak]

【Sword Domain: 11/120】

[Talent: Eternal Spirit Dao Heart (Level 2)]

[Eternal Spirit Dao Heart: Increases Comprehension by 20 times, and increases Dao Cultivation gained in battle by 20 times]

[Active Skills: Summon Sword Soul (Level 22), Transform into Sword (Level 22), Sword Explosion (Level 1)]

Passive Skills: Sword Master (No Level Requirement), Sword Control (Level 22)

[Summon Sword Soul: Consumes mana to summon a Rank 7 Sword Soul]

[Sword Transformation: Transforms a sword spirit or other unclaimed soul into a spirit sword. The spirit sword is influenced by the sword master's cultivation level and can inherit some of the soul's skills from its previous life.]

【Sword Explosion: Detonates a controllable sword, dealing damage equal to 110% of the sword master's cultivation level. The higher the sword master's cultivation level, the larger the explosion radius.】

[Sword Master: Ruler of the sword path within the domain; as long as the Sword Master exists, the sword soul will never die.]

[Sword Control: Everything can be a sword; control it with your mind. All sword skills deal 22 times more damage.]

Upon leveling up, the main attribute Mana increases by 100 points, and other attributes increase by 30 points.

The combined attributes weren't even as high as a Ghost King's accessory. Yang Qingfeng couldn't bear to look at it anymore. He quickly looked at the skills and his eyes lit up.

All skills have been upgraded by 1 level, and a new active skill, Sword Burst, has been added.

Like the Little Spirit Sword, this skill is not affected by attributes, but by Taoist cultivation, and it deals damage based on a percentage of Taoist cultivation.

Currently, the skill is only level 1, and the damage is only 110%. If it is upgraded to level 22, the damage will increase by 220%, but Yang Qingfeng is not sure about this percentage.

"If we calculate it simply by the number of days, then 110% of 100 days of cultivation would be 110 damage, which is ridiculously weak and unreasonable. But if we calculate it based on the actual cultivation level..."

"What is the actual cultivation level after 100 days of cultivation?"

Yang Qingfeng frowned, suddenly sensing that something was amiss.

The idea of ​​calculating a percentage by the number of days is obviously stupid, but what's strange is the reason that makes me think that way.

Of all the knowledge Yang Qingfeng had acquired, the content related to Taoist cultivation was the least.

He only knew that each cultivator's cultivation level was calculated in days, but it seemed that no one had ever cared about how much actual cultivation level one day of cultivation level represented.

"Doesn't actual cultivation level matter?"

"Then how am I supposed to calculate the damage for this skill? Am I just going to rely on gut feeling?"

Yang Qingfeng stood up in confusion, looking at the countless ghost soldiers surging into the town.

The sword spirits were outnumbered and outgunned, and it was unwise for them to fight in the open outside the town. So they fought and retreated, letting the ghost army enter the town and then sealing off the battlefield in the streets and alleys.

This was the last instruction Yang Qingfeng gave them before he let go, and it seems to have worked quite well.

With the sword spirit present, the ghost soldiers on the street can be ignored for the time being.

Yang Qingfeng turned his gaze to the outside of the town, casually flipped through his fingers, and took out a piece of broken bone material.

Like the wolf king's bone club.

With the skill "Sword Control", Yang Qingfeng can control everything as a sword. If he understands correctly, his new skill "Sword Explosion" is equivalent to detonating everything.

It was precisely because Jian Bao Wan Fang seemed to have great potential that Yang Qingfeng felt something was wrong.

"Try it and you'll see."

"If the damage is only moderate, it means that actual cultivation level is not that important."

"If the damage is considerable, it means that actual cultivation level has a huge impact on combat power, and it must be very important."

As Yang Qingfeng thought to himself, he summoned the broken bone in his hand.

The shattered bones shot out of the town and reached the sky above the countless ghost soldiers in less than two seconds.

The sword explodes across the land!

With a deafening roar, shattered bones exploded, unleashing terrifying destructive power.

A great deal of blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

Yang Qingfeng's eyes widened suddenly.

Sold out instantly!

An incredibly terrifying instant kill!

Centered on the shattered bones, within a radius of approximately 10 meters, all the demon soldiers were blasted to pieces!

This scene not only stunned Yang Qingfeng, the instigator, but also nearly made Yun Sheng, who was secretly watching, fall off her chair.

As a first-rank lieutenant colonel, Yun Sheng's composure was forged in the flames of war. Even if she encountered a powerful high-level demon, she would not flinch at the prospect of death.

Even so, Yun Sheng stared in astonishment, her mouth agape, her face filled with disbelief.

"What...what the hell is this?"

"How can his skill damage be so high?"

"No, the soul-body sword cultivators and those little swordsmen are already monstrous enough, but this new skill... seems even more monstrous?"

"Something's not right, his swordsmanship is off..."

Yun Sheng shook her head and stood up, feeling confused for a while. Then she remembered when she was level 10... Let alone killing level 20 monsters, she struggled to even kill monsters of the same level!

"Skill enhancement?"

"wrong."

How do I level up a new skill I just learned...?

Before she could finish speaking, Yun Sheng froze again, her eyes widening in disbelief. "This is his new skill! A new skill! A level 1 new skill, my goodness!!"

At this moment, Yun Sheng was completely bewildered.

She suddenly didn't understand where she was, nor did she understand the scene she had just seen. What she couldn't understand even more was whether Yang Qingfeng's skill was related to swordsmanship.

"Could it be that the detonated little sword?"

Suddenly I'm not so sure anymore.

Yun Sheng quickly returned to the front of the mark and stared intently at Yang Qingfeng in the image.

Yang Qingfeng's expression was also complicated at this moment, but Yun Sheng didn't want to see him right now.

Yun Sheng stared intently until Yang Qingfeng unearthed another piece of bone. Her pupils instantly shrank to two tiny dots, and she murmured, "You're telling me this is the way of the sword?!"