36: Zhanfeng

"Legacy... what exactly is in the Legacy?"

"Generally speaking, it's Cultivation Technique and resources. You could say that apart from his body, Yan Xuan inherited everything from that Eighth Realm alien expert!"

"Resources are one thing, but alien Cultivation Techniques... can the Human Race practice them?" Chu Yuan was puzzled. Alien is a collective term; in reality, there are many races. Basically, their appearances and body structures have nothing in common with humans. Even if some are relatively similar... that's only superficial.

How could one possibly just take a Cultivation Technique and practice it directly?

"Practicing it directly is certainly impossible, but that doesn't prevent us from drawing inspiration from it. Many of our Great Qin's Cultivation Techniques are actually derived from alien ones. After all, all Cultivation Techniques are essentially about the extraction and absorption of energy. Good Cultivation Techniques have higher efficiency, while inferior ones have lower efficiency. It's like storing water; a good Cultivation Technique is like opening a floodgate, while a low-level one is like an old man urinating..."

"..." Chu Yuan was left speechless by Jiang Fei's explanation and analogy, almost losing his fascination with Cultivation Techniques. However, he had finally figured out Yan Xuan's situation. He had received a massive Opportunity, but was seemingly targeted by someone from the inside... No wonder he harbored such deep hatred for Great Qin! Putting himself in those shoes, Chu Yuan felt that if he had ended up in the same situation as Yan Xuan, he would also...

He sighed, "I didn't expect that even though your Realm isn't high, you know quite a lot."

"..." Jiang Fei's face darkened, and he retorted irritably, "What kind of talk is that! Have you ever seen a Sky Soaring Realm Martial Artist as young as me?"

Chu Yuan thought to himself that he saw one every time he looked in the mirror...

"Let's go." Jiang Fei started the car.

"Then... what about Yan Xuan's family?"

"They went missing. Thinking about it now, it was likely when Yan Xuan joined the Day of Vengeance that he took his family away."

...

The next day, Chu Yuan took the money Qi Da had given him and went straight to Zhenlong Pavilion to buy the long sword he had his eye on. The chaos had subsided, and Zhenlong Pavilion had reopened.

The girl who had served him last time was still in charge of reception. Seeing that he had actually come to buy a martial weapon... she couldn't help but look at him with surprise. However, there were no other incidents...

Chu Yuan couldn't wait to use today's System conversion count to transform it.

In fact, after the whole incident with the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, he had developed the habit of keeping one conversion count on hand. However, these counts could not be accumulated and had to be used before midnight, otherwise... it would just be wasted.

Recalling the conversion of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, Chu Yuan felt a lingering fear; if he hadn't had a conversion count on him that day... he would have been truly helpless. Fortunately, he hadn't obtained anything worth converting in those few days, and he wasn't lacking in daily Medicinal Pills...

The converted spirit sword was now more restrained and mysterious than before; the hilt was pure black, and the blade was frosty cold! One could see pale cyan runes faintly flowing across the blade... it looked excellent.

Chu Yuan tried to channel his spiritual power into it and immediately felt it flow unimpeded, as if it were an extension of his own arm. He resisted the urge to control the Flying Sword and slowly put it away, hanging it at his waist.

"From now on, I'll call you wind slasher..."

wind slasher, of course, did not respond to him...

Having fulfilled one of his wishes, Chu Yuan was in a good mood.

He raised his hand to check his terminal and saw a message from Qi Da. The gist was that the Secret Realm trial would begin tomorrow, and he should arrive at school in the morning so as not to be late.

For this trial, Chenyang No. 1 Middle School had three spots. To save time, they wouldn't use duels to compete for the spots, but rather, Qi Da and the teachers of each class would discuss and appoint them directly!

But it wasn't that ordinary students had no chance; they could challenge these three people at will, and the appointed individuals had to accept the challenge.

In reality, Chu Yuan thought it was just a formality... most ordinary students hadn't even entered the Qi and Blood Realm, let alone practiced any Martial Skills.

Even if they challenged or fought... it was really no different from street hooligans brawling...

However, he was free today. After thinking about it, he decided to go to Chu Ying's school to check on her. He didn't know why this child had started skipping classes; that was a bad habit.

Chu Yuan hadn't scared her before, but although martial arts were prevalent, a Martial Artist couldn't be illiterate. Otherwise, when the time came, she wouldn't even be able to understand Cultivation Techniques or understand human anatomy, and even with high talent, it would be a waste.

It wasn't like everyone had a System like him, capable of directly instilling information into their mind...

The Second Experimental Middle School was also in the city. Chu Yuan initially wanted to use the Luo Yan Step to get there, but thinking about how it would be too conspicuous in broad daylight... he honestly just took a taxi.

...

Chu Yuan's Divine Sense covered a radius of several hundred meters. He didn't enter the school but instead spread his Divine Sense from the outside and found Chu Ying's classroom.

Class was in session, and Chu Ying was seriously watching the content on the blackboard and taking notes; there didn't seem to be anything unusual.

Chu Yuan wasn't in a hurry. He sat casually on a bench by the wall and worked on getting in sync with wind slasher.

He had already cultivated the Riding the Wind Sword Control Art to the second level, but the third level: Wind Chant, currently only had a slight clue.

This move had immense power and could be used for group attacks as well as single-target attacks... it was just a bit high in difficulty.

However, Chu Yuan imagined in his mind himself releasing thousands of wind blades with a flick of his hand... it was still quite cool. If the difficulty was a bit high, then so be it; that was normal...

While cultivating, time always passed quickly. It wasn't until students in school uniforms passed by him in twos and threes that Chu Yuan realized that school was already over.

He spread his Divine Sense again and found Chu Ying's location. By this time, Chu Ying had also packed her bag and was walking towards the school gate.

Chu Yuan didn't go up to meet her but hid in the shadows to observe. He saw that after Chu Ying arrived at the school gate, she first looked around for a while, then let out a sigh of relief and quickened her pace.

It was as if... she was avoiding someone?

Chu Yuan frowned and decided to take another look.

"Oh! Why are you here again? I told you I don't agree!" Chu Ying suddenly shouted irritably.

Chu Yuan was shocked to discover that, he didn't know when, a figure had blocked Chu Ying's path.

And his Divine Sense... hadn't detected it at all in advance!?

It was an old man wearing a loose, baggy training suit with somewhat graying hair.

At this moment, he was looking at Chu Ying with some frustration, his face filled with heartache: "Do you know! You are wasting your talent!"

Chu Ying stepped back quietly, and the pungent smell of alcohol coming from the old man dissipated slightly.

"I only know that you want to ruin my College Entrance Examination... Here is ten yuan to buy wine, stop bothering me."

"Screw the exam! Only those mediocre people would go to take that damn College Entrance Examination!" The old man said disdainfully, casually stuffing the ten yuan Chu Ying handed him into his pocket.

"Train martial arts with me, and in the future, that brat will definitely not dare to bother you again!"

"I wouldn't have remembered if you didn't mention it!" Chu Ying sneered. "Do you know you put Du Kai in the hospital?"

"Pfft, he must be trying to scam you. I know my limits when I strike..."

"Don't talk nonsense! The person you beat... what does that have to do with me!?"