Chapter 2: The Martial Arts Pavilion

  No matter how hard Ye Chen thought about it, he couldn't think of any changes in his body.

  So the only explanation is that his soul fusion was the reason for his extraordinary leadership skills, allowing him to easily and naturally master the eighth form of the Xingyun Sword Technique.

  As for why internal energy advances, it's quite simple. As everyone knows, internal skill mind method is static work, while martial techniques are dynamic work. Although they have different forms, both have the effect of training internal energy. However, in comparison, internal skill mind method is completely used to cultivate internal energy, whereas martial techniques take striking targets as primary and cultivating internal energy as secondary.

  After figuring out what was going on, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel his heart racing.

  The two most important talents of a martial artist are: one is innate talent, with an extremely good physical constitution; and the other is strong comprehension ability, learning things quickly.

  The former is far superior to ordinary people in terms of internal energy cultivation, such as Ye Tang and Ye Xuan. The latter can easily master martial skills, using weakness to overcome strength. If we really compare them, it still depends on the individual's performance.

  "It's really heaven helping me, maintaining this speed, reaching the eighth layer of Qi Refining Realm in a year is not a dream." The path of cultivation was extremely arduous, and people with exceptional talent might be able to advance to the fifth layer in two years, but it wasn't certain that they would reach the eighth layer in the next two years. The time required for the ninth and tenth layers would double, and breaking through the Qi Refining Realm to reach the Condensing Reality Realm was even more difficult. In the history of the Ye family, only the third patriarch had become a Condensing Reality Realm warrior at the age of fifteen.

  Yechen felt that it wouldn't take long to grasp the ninth move of the Xingyun Sword Technique, so he planned to go to the Wuguan Pavilion to find a few more suitable martial skills.

  ……

  After lunch, Ye Chen hastily arrived at the Wuji Pavilion.

  The secret books in the Wuji Pavilion are usually of ordinary quality, and true masterpieces have never been placed here. Moreover, as an outer disciple of Ye Chen, he can only view martial arts secret books below the middle rank of human grade.

  Raising his eyes, the various and sundry martial arts secret manuals almost dazzled Ye Chen's eyes.

  "Feitian Swordsmanship, Qingfeng Swordsmanship, Zongheng Swordsmanship, Gufeng Thirteen Swords...... Paiyun Palm, Bengyun Palm, Wujin Scattered Hand...... Pokuang Fist, Jingang Fist, Qixing Mantis Fist......"

  There are thirty or forty kinds of swordsmanship, more than fifty kinds of palm and fist techniques each, twenty-eight leg techniques, and the least is finger technique, with only eight styles.

  The Flying Sword Technique requires a high level of agility, with each move and style being light and elegant. The Clear Wind Sword Technique is slightly more profound, requiring a certain level of comprehension. The Horizontal Sword Technique is fierce and overbearing, suitable for disciples with cold and detached personalities to cultivate. And the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords are even more extraordinary, with each sword surpassing the previous one in sharpness, making it impossible to resist.

  Alright, let's go with Gu Feng's Thirteen Swords.

  After some quiet contemplation, Ye Chen finally decided to cultivate the Lonely Peak Thirteen Swords. After all, his comprehension was not ordinary, and cultivating ordinary sword techniques would be a waste of time, so he might as well choose the best one if he had to choose at all.

  As for fist techniques, palm techniques and finger techniques, Ye Chen has his own requirements.

  He liked boxing and chose a Golden Fist, but the finger techniques were more complicated and difficult to practice, so he temporarily gave up on it, ignoring the palm technique.

  Yedu Dust arrived at the Guardian Pavilion elder's place with two secret books in hand to register.

  "Huh? The Lone Peak Thirteen Swords?" The Guardian Elder furrowed his brow and advised, "I know everyone wants to cultivate better martial techniques, but don't be too ambitious, take it one step at a time. This Lone Peak Thirteen Swords seems like a human-class mid-tier secret manual, but its difficulty is comparable to a high-tier human-class technique. Many outer sect disciples didn't listen to my advice and ended up with nothing to show for it, wasting a lot of time."

  Ye Chen knew the other party was kind and opened his mouth: "Elder, I know that the Thirteen Swords of Lonely Peak are difficult to practice, but I have confidence."

  The elder of the Guardian Pavilion shook his head. Those outer sect disciples were also full of confidence before, but unfortunately, having only confidence was useless. Forget it, I don't have the right to stop him from choosing either. Hopefully he will know his limits and retreat, not trying to force a square peg into a round hole.

  Thinking of this, the elder of the Guardian Pavilion instructed: "You know the rules of my Flowing Cloud Sect. Without the permission of our sect, you are not allowed to privately teach martial arts. Otherwise, losing your martial arts is a minor matter, and in severe cases, you will be beheaded. Additionally, within three months, you must return the copy of the secret book."

  "Elder, rest assured, I won't play with my own life."

  Put away the secret book, Ye Chen stepped out of the Wuji Pavilion.

  The outer disciples of Liuyun Sect have gatherings in the morning and evening, as well as martial skills classes three times a week; other times are free to arrange.

  The next morning, Ye Chen wore his fine steel sword and headed into the deep mountains.

  The mountain is 3,800 meters high, and the upper part of the mountain is often shrouded in clouds and mist all year round. The vague atmosphere carries a sense of isolation from the world, with an ethereal aura. Except for some restricted areas where elders and core disciples cultivate, large tracts of land between the forests can be used to practice one's own unique martial arts.

  After spending more than an hour, Ye Chen found a secluded cliff.

  The cliff occupies tens of meters, three sides are all white fog, sometimes transformed into thousands of troops and horses, sometimes transformed into rolling waves, sometimes shrinking and expanding, changing unpredictably.

  "In the 21st century, famous mountains and scenic spots are not bad either, but they still lack a bit of fairy spirit. Only here can people forget everything and devote themselves wholeheartedly to cultivating martial arts." Ye Chen felt a sense of emotion, in his opinion, masters have never been so simple to become, one must be able to endure loneliness and solitude, while those who shout every day that giving him an ultimate skill will make him successful are completely foolish dreamers.

  Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen began his dull and monotonous cultivation.

  Good luck, step on it, swing your sword, shake hands...

  In just one day, Ye Chen was able to roughly execute the ninth move of Xingyun Sword Technique, "Night Light Movement". As soon as this sword move was unleashed, the dark and mysterious sword light dazzled people's eyes, making it hard for them to adapt. In terms of power, it basically reached the middle stage of human level, absolutely Ye Chen's strongest killing move at present.

  Come in the morning and go back at night, three days have passed unknowingly.

  On a steep cliff, a figure with a sword points to the giant stone opposite, and the sword light spreads out like a mirror flower and water moon, darkening everything.

  Hehehe...

  The giant stone was like tofu, cut with sword marks one by one, each mark reaching a depth of an inch.

  "It's finally done." The exhaustion of his inner energy left Ye Chen drenched in sweat, but he didn't care at all. He looked at the sword mark on the giant stone with satisfaction and a faint smile appeared on his face.

  The ninth form of the Xingyun Sword Technique is several times more difficult than the previous eight forms, and its power has also increased by several times. Ye Chen spent four days to master it, and in addition to that, the four days of bitter practice made the internal energy in Ye Chen's body even more refined, and mobilizing it became even faster and more agile.

  Every other day, Ye Chen came to the cliff as usual to practice his skills, but what was different from before was that Ye Chen would formally study the extremely difficult Lone Peak Thirteen Swords.

  Gufeng Thirteen Swords has thirteen forms, the sword momentum is extremely dangerous, like a solitary peak that stands out from the world, making people feel cold and chilling, as if all the hidden flaws in their body have been seen through.

  Following the sword path on the secret recipe, Ye Chen had a general impression in his mind, and he could vaguely feel that kind of state of mind that cannot be described in words.

  Ye Chen believed that as long as he mastered the Thirteen Swords of Lonely Peak, he could easily defeat those weaker than himself and find openings to counterattack against those stronger than himself, unless his opponent had extremely rich experience and gradually grasped the true meaning of Return to Simplicity.

  Originally planned to start a new book on the 10th, but found that the book name was taken by someone else, so I had to come up with a new name and modify the beginning. Also, as the new book is starting, I hope everyone will spare some votes for recommendation, thank you very much.