108: The time for resolving conflicts and reconciliation, and for famous stones!

"Why is Jiang Haochuan nowhere to be seen?"

Zhang Yang's Primordial Spirit swept across the entire Clear Wind Sect, but he didn't find Jiang Haochuan's figure. He couldn't help but feel puzzled, so he turned to Elder Wang and asked.

"Him? He was caught by his father and taken back for some tempering," Elder Wang chuckled upon hearing the question.

"He's still conflicted between the saber and the sword. With such a mindset, he won't go far. So his father caught him and plans to let him gain some experience through tempering," Elder Wang explained.

Hearing Elder Wang's words, Zhang Yang nodded slightly.

Jiang Haochuan's conflict over the saber and the sword was indeed unusual; he only thought about practicing the sword and ignored the saber.

Given his Aptitude and his father's attainment in Saber Techniques, Jiang Haochuan definitely had the potential for a High Grade Golden Core. It was a pity he was too obsessed with the difference between the saber and the sword.

In Zhang Yang's eyes now, there was no difference between a saber and a sword; they were merely weapons.

There wasn't much difference from spears or staves either; it was just a matter of how one faced the enemy.

The various Law Intents he had comprehended were not limited to sabers or swords; instead, they integrated all things.

For five consecutive days, Zhang Yang cultivated on the platform atop the peak of Qingyuan Peak. Currently, he still hadn't cultivated that Heaven-rank Martial Skill to Perfection.

However, on the sixth day, Xie Chonghe returned.

"Revered Master, you've come," Zhang Yang said, bowing as he looked at Xie Chonghe before him.

"Mhm. I came to check on you and, while I'm at it, test the Martial Skill you've comprehended," Xie Chonghe nodded, looking at Zhang Yang with interest.

Zhang Yang could currently be called the strongest person in the Southern Region besides himself. Moreover, having comprehended a Heaven-rank Martial Skill meant that Zhang Yang had already mastered his power and Martial Skills to the extreme.

Combined with the Southern Region's suppression of cultivation that treated all Martial Artists equally, Xie Chonghe estimated that if he sparred with Zhang Yang in the Southern Region, he might only be able to win through physical strength.

"A spar?" Zhang Yang's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

Ever since he comprehended the Heaven-rank Martial Skill, many Grotto-Heaven Realm Martial Artists could no longer offer him any insights.

In the Southern Region, only Xie Chonghe, a former Venerable King Realm Martial Artist, possessed the strength to fight Zhang Yang.

Afterward, Xie Chonghe and Zhang Yang didn't change locations. Right there at the top of Qingyuan Peak, they both reinforced the surrounding space to prevent it from being shattered by their upcoming spar.

The people at the peak also temporarily retreated to a distance.

"We'll just use physical strength and Martial Skills. The main goal is to test the application of skills and power,"

Xie Chonghe said. If the two of them truly went all out, the entire Clear Wind Sect might be destroyed.

"Alright," Zhang Yang nodded.

Subsequently, the two clashed, fighting with pure physical strength and control over their Martial Skills.

During the battle, countless Profound Truths of Zhang Yang's Martial Scripture circulated. Every Move and stance was infinitely powerful. Even though the surrounding space had been reinforced by both of them, it still trembled slightly, as if it were about to be torn apart.

Xie Chonghe was the same; every Move and stance contained infinite Profound Truths, neutralizing Zhang Yang's various Moves.

They fought for eight hours without a victor. Xie Chonghe and Zhang Yang simultaneously used their hands as sabers, slashing out and clashing with a final Move.

Two saber lights cut through the air and collided, shredding the space they had reinforced.

After that exchange, Xie Chonghe and Zhang Yang both stopped.

At the same time, they repaired the torn space.

"That Saber Technique of mine—to what Realm have you cultivated it?" Xie Chonghe looked at Zhang Yang and asked.

"It's close to Perfection," Zhang Yang replied calmly in a soft voice.

"Hiss..." Hearing Zhang Yang's words, Xie Chonghe couldn't help but gasp.

Even though he knew Zhang Yang's speed in cultivating Martial Skills was exaggerated, this was a Heaven-rank Martial Skill!

It had only been over a month since he gave Zhang Yang this Martial Skill, yet he had already reached the stage of Major Achievement and was close to Perfection.

Xie Chonghe could feel that Zhang Yang wasn't lying, because during the spar just now, he had seen shadows of his own Martial Skill in many of Zhang Yang's Moves.

Zhang Yang hadn't just cultivated it to Major Achievement; he had also integrated its Profound Truths into his Martial Scripture, completely turning them into his own insights.

"Your talent... I can no longer comprehend it," Xie Chonghe shook his head with a bitter smile.

Normally, even a Venerable King Realm Martial Artist would have to spend hundreds of years to reach Perfection in a Heaven-rank Martial Skill.

Yet Zhang Yang had reached Major Achievement in just over a month; it was truly a bit too exaggerated.

Xie Chonghe had never encountered such talent, nor even heard of it.

"I still can't defeat Revered Master," Zhang Yang's expression remained calm despite his Revered Master's praise.

No matter how strong one's talent is, it must be fully converted into strength.

During these few hours of sparring, Zhang Yang had used almost all the Profound Truths in his Martial Scripture, yet he still couldn't defeat his Revered Master, achieving a draw at best.

"Haha, of course. Although my cultivation is suppressed to the first level of the Grotto-Heaven Realm, my physical strength, vast experience, and internal energy are all still there."

Xie Chonghe laughed and said, "You are currently only at the first level of the Grotto-Heaven Realm. Although you've completed the transformation of your Dharmic Power, comprehended a Heaven-rank Martial Skill, and even reached the fourth level of Law Intent, you are still very far from the Venerable King Realm. Naturally, it's impossible for you to defeat your teacher."

After explaining, Xie Chonghe looked at Zhang Yang, growing more satisfied the more he looked.

If not for the suppression of heaven and earth in the Southern Region, Zhang Yang's cultivation could definitely soar past the fifth level of the Grotto-Heaven Realm right now.

After spending a bit more time comprehending Law Intent to the seventh level, he could begin working on breaking through to the Divine Ruins Realm.

How long has Zhang Yang even been cultivating?

With such speed, even for someone like Xie Chonghe, a former Venerable King Realm expert,

he had never heard of anyone in the Central Continent with such talent. It was simply unprecedented, enough to be called the number one person throughout the ages.

"Revered Master, are you really not going back to the Central Continent?" Zhang Yang looked at his Revered Master and asked softly.

For a Venerable King Realm expert like Xie Chonghe to stay in the Southern Region was truly a waste of talent. If he could go to the Central Continent, he would undoubtedly be a powerful backer.

Hearing this question, Xie Chonghe was momentarily stunned, then shook his head and said:

"Forget it. I don't have many attachments in the Central Continent, and I still need to stay in the Southern Region to help spread faith for you."

"According to my estimates, based on the current rate of faith collection, your name stone will be able to evolve into a seven-colored one in about a hundred years."

"It won't be too late to head to the Central Continent after a hundred years," Xie Chonghe smiled faintly.

He was still far from the end of his lifespan, so he was in no hurry to return to the Central Continent.

"A hundred years? Isn't that a bit too slow?" Zhang Yang frowned upon hearing this.

In a hundred years, he might have already broken through to the Venerable King Realm, and perhaps even the Realms beyond that.

"It's normal for it to be slow, since this is only based on the current situation."

"Once you go to the Central Continent and spread your fame throughout it, this time can be significantly shortened."

"Exactly how long it will take depends on how famous you become in the Central Continent," Xie Chonghe explained.