After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

It looks like a martial arts training ground.

Of course, Zhou Yan was too lazy to look at the decorations of the training ground. As soon as the young man entered, he saw Wu Shanfu, a cold and aloof ice-cold girl kneeling on the ground.

Zhou Yan scrolled down the girl's profile.

Name: Wu Shanfu

Age: 21.

Height: 169 cm.

Weight: 72 kg.

Personal attributes.

Strength: 4800 (1 represents the average physical fitness of an adult)

Neural reaction speed: 4850

Agility: 4800

Endurance: 80

Intelligence: 800 (Speed ​​only)

Spirit: 2000

Perception: 200000

Bloodline: Witch, Sword Witch (Awakening level 71%).

Bloodline Awakening Passive Skill.

Great Shaman: Removes the bloodline limit for some physical attributes, and can infinitely improve strength, nerve reaction, agility, and endurance through long-term training.

Sword Wizard: All sword skill proficiency is increased by 500%, the difficulty of breaking through all sword skills is greatly reduced, and the learning requirements are greatly reduced.

Blood and Qi: Blood and Qi flow like a great river, and the spine is like a great dragon.

Great Witch True Form: Physical defense is greatly enhanced, and it has extremely strong resistance to all witchcraft, sorcery, and curses.

Bound Gu: Contains a Gu within the abdomen. When broken, it greatly enhances physical attributes for a short period and grants immunity to death.

Heart Sword: Heavenly Gate Sword Technique, divided into three parts: Sword Mind Clarity, Sword Nourishment and Qi Storage, and Qi and Blood Refinement.

Chi You's bloodline: This person is Chi You's granddaughter.

Weakness: The natal Gu within its abdomen.

Chapter Twenty-One: The Strong

Zhou Yan stared at the four words "Chi You bloodline".

Good heavens! This girl is actually Chi You's granddaughter...

For a fleeting moment, a wicked thought flashed through Zhou Yan's mind that made him laugh.

Poor Zhang Ye should be considered Wu Shanfu's grandmother now.

Zhou Yan walked up to Wu Shanfu and knelt down.

Wu Shanfu slowly raised her head, her cold eyes meeting Zhou Yan's expressionless face.

Zhou Yan asked.

"You're my swordsmanship instructor?"

Wu Shanfu shook her head slightly.

"I dare not accept the title of coach. I only wish to learn from Master Zhou and improve my skills."

Wu Shanfu gave Xie Xin, who had come with her, a look. Xie Xin strode away and soon returned to the training ground carrying a wooden box that was half a meter long and five centimeters wide. He went to Zhou Yan and Wu Shanfu's side.

Xie Xin also knelt down and placed the long wooden box in front of Zhou Yan.

"Master Zhou, this is the visualization diagram of the Heart Sword."

Zhou Yan looked at Wu Shanfu in surprise.

Wu Shanfu said coldly but respectfully.

"This is the most powerful sword technique I possess. I would like to ask Master Zhou to appraise it before we spar."

Zhou Yan opened the wooden box, inside which was a scroll. When the scroll was opened, it was completely blank. Of course, this was not Wu Shanfu playing a trick on Zhou Yan. After Zhou Yan opened the scroll, like Su Xiaowan's wordless book, dots and lines began to gradually emerge. These dots and lines combined to form a painting.

A swordsman stood with his hands behind his back. A breeze and some inexplicable things flowed from his side. Zhou Yan stared at the breeze and inexplicable things around the swordsman.

Wu Shanfu, who was on the other side, explained.

“Master Zhou, this is the core of the Heart Sword – Sword Heart Clarity. Only by learning Sword Heart Clarity can you begin to learn the Heart Sword’s sword nurturing and sword techniques.”

"Sword Heart Clarity is very simple. It is actually about using your own perception and then shifting to another perspective. In this perspective, the whole world is made up of points and lines. Your enemy, your enemy's moves, luck, and spellcasting can all be determined through the movements of points and lines."

Zhou Yan stared at the painting and asked.

"So this Sword Heart Clarity is a skill built on the attribute of perception?"

Wu Shanfu nodded.

"Yes, the stronger a swordsman's perception, the faster he can learn this Sword Mind Clarity technique, and the more skillfully he can use it."

As she spoke, Wu Shanfu glanced at Xie Xin beside her. Xie Xin's perception was far inferior to Wu Shanfu's, which was why Xie Xin's core skill of Heart Sword could never beat Wu Shanfu.

Zhou Yan closed the scroll.

Wu Shanfu and Xie Xin looked at Zhou Yan in surprise. Was he not interested in the Heart Sword?

why?

Suddenly, Wu Shanfu and Xie Xin opened their eyes wide at the same time. Their sword-heart-clear perception told them that the points and lines around Zhou Yan had become agitated in a completely unpredictable way. Then, the points and lines quickly quieted down and disappeared.

Something that Wu Shanfu and Xie Xin had never encountered before happened.

Zhou Yan disappeared from their perception, or more precisely, from the perception of those with clear sword hearts.

Zhou Yan's perception attribute is ∞.

This sword heart clarity, built upon the perception attribute, allowed Zhou Yan to enter the world of points and lines the moment he saw it. Unlike Wu Shanfu, who only had 200,000 perception points, Zhou Yan could easily control his points and lines after entering this perception channel of points and lines, making them restless or calm.

This is something that even Wu Shanfu and Xie Xin, who have been practicing Heart Sword for several years, could not do.

Next, he looked at the points and lines of this world. Because of his high level of perception, Zhou Yan could see the meaning represented by the rhythm of the points and lines on Wu Shanfu and Xie Xin.

For example, a certain point in Wu Shanfu's chart represents Wu Shanfu's blood and energy, and certain lines represent Wu Shanfu's possible movement trajectory next.

Judging from these tendencies, this "Sword Heart Clarity" should be a skill used to analyze the enemy's abilities and future attack methods.

Therefore, it's quite useless.

No matter how strong the analytical ability of Sword Heart Clarity is, or how abnormal the ability to determine the attack method is, Zhou Yan already has the Extreme Eye. This Extreme Eye can directly see the future within five seconds, and with the increase in future awakening, it can probably see the future within ten seconds, or even an hour.

What you're doing is just prediction; how can that compare to seeing the future directly?

Moreover, one can also connect with the idea that all things are empty and all things are permissible.

So you finally learned a skill that looks amazing, but it's actually just a low-end version of the ultimate skill?

Bai Ze's bloodline ability is quite strong.

Zhou Yan exited the state of Sword Heart Clarity.

As soon as he withdrew, Zhou Yan saw Xie Xin and Wu Shanfu staring at him in disbelief.

Wu Shanfu said hesitantly.

"Master Zhou, you, what you just did?"

"I just tried to enter this state of sword mind clarity."

Wu Shanfu and Xie Xin both looked rather unwell. When they first started learning the Heart Sword technique, it took them one to several months to enter the state of Sword Heart Clarity (due to low perception attributes), while Zhou Yan entered it on his first try.

This is terrifying.

However, having already accepted the premise that Zhou Yan is a self-castrated, unparalleled swordsman who would even kill his wife and children, the fact that Zhou Yan can instantly learn Sword Heart Clarity is merely a further enhancement of his purity.

Wu Shanfu swallowed and then said.

"Now that you have mastered the Sword Heart Clarity, Master, please take a look at the Sword Techniques and Sword Nurturing sections."

Zhou Yan opened the scroll again, and this time a swordsman was sitting cross-legged, with a sword appearing in his lower abdomen, in the dantian.

The sword moved in and out with the swordsman's breath.

Zhou Yan scanned the visualization diagram with his senses and immediately understood that it was the Sword Cultivation Chapter. It seemed that after entering the Sword Heart Clarity stage, one could view one's own sword as a line and then use one's own points to merge with this line.

They then practice breathing exercises together, and the sword will gradually become stronger with the practice of breathing exercises between the practitioner and the sword, until finally they are of one mind and the sword and the person is one.

The problem is that Zhou Yan's Shengwu Sword itself has the skill of becoming one with the sword. As for the enhanced breathing and breathing techniques, the increased awakening level of Zhou Yan will also naturally strengthen the Shengwu Sword with its own Divine Edge skill.

Why is it another useless product?

Zhou Yan glanced at Wu Shanfu, whose face was full of expectation, and shook his head.

“My sword is already in harmony with my mind; learning this would be a waste of time.”

Wu Shanfu nodded with a chill down her spine.

The idea of ​​man and sword becoming one is simple, but among all the sword masters Wu Shanfu has seen, no more than three people have been able to achieve this through their own skills alone, without relying on anything else. The monster in front of her had also achieved this by relying solely on itself, without relying on the Heart Sword.

Indeed, this master had poured his spirit and everything in his life into the sword, and only in this way could he move the sword in his hand and turn an inanimate object into a living thing.

The two sides became one.

Wu Shanfu couldn't help but feel ashamed. Compared to this master, was her purity too low?

Am I relying too much on things other than technology?

If I want to become stronger in the future, should I strip away all the things I don't need, like the master in front of me, who trains with nothing but himself?

Zhou Yan closed the scroll and shook his head.

"Alright, let's skip the Heart Sword technique and get started..."

Zhou Yan paused. Wu Shanfu's attributes seemed to be twice as strong as his own (Zhou Yan was currently under the effects of the Dragon Blood Fruit). This difference was beyond what perfect technique could overcome. After all, if their swords clashed, Zhou Yan couldn't guarantee he could hold the hilt under Wu Shanfu's attack.

The saying "one force can overcome ten techniques" is not just a saying, and Wu Shanfu's strength is not only slightly better than Zhou Yan's, but twice as strong.

Wu Shanfu replied respectfully.

"Master hasn't read the swordsmanship chapter of Heart Sword yet. After you've read it, I'll demonstrate it for you, and you'll know how miraculous this swordsmanship is with the aid of Sword Heart Clarity."

After hesitating for a few seconds, Wu Shanfu said confidently.

"I will demonstrate my swordsmanship to you without reservation, and I hope you can offer some guidance afterward."

Isn't something wrong?

Zhou Yan remembered that Zhuque had sent him here to learn from the coach, right?

Why is it that Wu Shanfu is now asking me for help?

I've become the teacher myself?

Xie Xin, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but show off to Zhou Yan.

"Master, don't worry. My wife, Lao Wu, hates hiding her treasures from others. She'll definitely show you everything she knows later. Master, feel free to look and learn. Ask her anything you don't understand, and Lao Wu will definitely tell you."

Zhou Yan looked at Wu Shanfu, who replied with a proud expression.

“Master, this may be a bit offensive, but I think that the more people study and learn swordsmanship, magic, and immortal arts, the more ideas and approaches there will be. So, after you finish reading, if you have any familiar sword experts, you can call them all over, and I will teach them everything I know, as long as they are willing to share their thoughts with me.”

The logic is quite simple: when a technology becomes open source, the person who created it may lose the power to monopolize it, but the technology will inevitably shine in the hands of more people, resulting in a flourishing of diverse applications.

Therefore, Wu Shanfu taught the Heart Sword technique to Xie Xin, who had a talent for swordsmanship, and to her own teacher at her school, in order to gather ideas from all sides and hope that more people would have more ideas so that everyone could work together to improve this technique to a higher level.

Therefore, when Leng Qing asked for the Heart Sword, Wu Shanfu thought about it for a while before agreeing. During this time, Wu Shanfu was thinking about how to compile her Heart Sword experience into a book and pass it on to others so that they could learn from and verify each other. Of course, there were certain requirements for finding people to discuss with. Wu Shanfu tried teaching a few junior students and teachers who lacked talent, and then decided that she would not teach casually in the future, nor would she ask people without a foundation to discuss with her, otherwise she would be furious.

As for those who keep their secrets hidden and hide their skills for fear of others finding out, Wu Shanfu felt that those people would be eliminated by the times sooner or later.

A strong mindset means that I can share my skills with others, but I will never lose to them.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Seeking Advice

Wu Shanfu moved away from Zhou Yan and, once she was in a suitable position, she drew a one-and-a-half-meter-long single-handed sword from her waist.