65: Chapter 65 Then don't blame me for using cheats!

Chengtian Prefecture! Before the main gate of the Prefectural Academy!

As the students of Wurong County Academy paused to contemplate the plaque of the Prefectural Academy, some passing students from the Prefectural Academy and other County Academies stopped in their tracks, looking at the group with expressions of mockery and disdain.

These people all knew the origin of this Prefectural Academy plaque; it was inscribed by Instructor Lin Chengyuan, who currently served as the Academic Chancellor of the Qingzhou Provincial Academy.

Instructor Lin Chengyuan's status was extraordinary. Not only did he hold the high position of Academic Chancellor of the Provincial Academy, possessing profound knowledge and governing both literature and martial arts in the region, but his cultivation had long since reached the Perfection of the Great Grandmaster Realm, placing him at the pinnacle of the martial path.

What was even more well-known to the world was that Instructor Lin Chengyuan had spent his life cultivating the Dao of the Saber. Not only was his swordsmanship unrivaled throughout Qingzhou, but it was said that he had once beheaded several members of the Demon Race at the Great Grandmaster Realm at the border, and had even escaped unscathed from the pursuit of a King-level Devil King.

Back then, when he wielded his brush to write the four characters "Chengtian Academy," he poured half a lifetime of his Dao of the Saber Concept into the strokes. Every character condensed the momentum of a saber, and every stroke hid a sharp edge, concealing his imposing and tyrannical supreme Saber Intent within the calligraphy.

It was said that if anyone could comprehend the Saber Intent on this plaque, they would be able to derive the Heaven Rank Martial Skill that Instructor Lin Chengyuan cultivated—Seven Demonic Blades of Extinction!

However, in the hundred years that this plaque had hung at the Chengtian Academy, no one had ever been able to comprehend the Saber Intent contained within it, let alone derive the Heaven Rank Martial Skill, Seven Demonic Blades of Extinction.

County Magistrate Zhang Xuanming, Instructor Fan Suiyun, and Ancestor Zhou Tong stood to the side. They glanced indifferently at the sneering students nearby, then looked calmly at the students from their own County Academy, all waiting quietly with a rare mutual understanding.

The three of them were naturally clear in their hearts that these youths who had just left the county were still shallow in cultivation and had unstable Foundations. They never expected anyone to truly comprehend the supreme Dao of the Saber Concept hidden within the plaque.

Yet even so, they were still willing to give everyone a moment to stop and gaze upon it.

They did not seek for the students to grasp the mysteries or comprehend that supreme Saber Intent; they only wanted these juniors to experience the Concept and strength of a Great Grandmaster firsthand, thereby broadening their horizons, tempering their minds, and letting them know that there is always someone better than oneself.

"What a demonic blade!"

"What a Saber Intent that can destroy the heavens and earth, and annihilate gods and demons!"

Within the crowd, Chen An raised his head to gaze at the four characters on the plaque. He focused his eyes, and in a trance, the scene before him suddenly changed.

Deep within his pupils, a majestic figure seemed to emerge, wielding a demonic blade that radiated a sense of extinction, slashing and sweeping across the void.

The sky was filled with sharp, flashing saber light, and layers of saber shadows crisscrossed!

A vast, fierce Qi that could sever heaven and earth and annihilate all things rushed toward him—imposing, tyrannical, and soul-shaking.

If the Saber Intent he had previously comprehended from the Heaven-Cleaving God-Slaying Saber was a blade of peerless sharpness and swiftness...

…then the Dao of the Saber Concept contained within this plaque was a blade of tyranny, extinction, and isolation.

Originally, there was no distinction of superior or inferior when it came to Saber Intent!

But at this moment, Chen An clearly perceived that the "Sky-Breaking" Saber Intent he had previously comprehended was actually inferior to the Saber Intent emitted by this demonic blade before him.

The Sky-Breaking Saber Intent was, after all, only a Saber Intent he had comprehended from the Profound Rank Martial Skill, Heaven-Cleaving God-Slaying Saber. The Saber Intent in the characters before him was not only condensed over a lifetime by a Great Grandmaster of the Dao of the Saber, but it was also likely derived from a Heaven Rank Martial Skill.

This Saber Intent was not only incomparably tyrannical but also contained the Concept of destroying the heavens and earth, and suppressing gods and demons—far beyond what his previous Sky-Breaking Saber Intent could compare to.

Chen An's gaze remained locked onto the ancient plaque.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, his own Sky-Breaking Saber Intent quietly churned and stirred. He subconsciously urged his mind, trying to use his own meager Saber Intent to touch and merge with this world-destroying demonic blade Concept, wanting to extract its essence and comprehend this higher level of Extinction Blade Intent.

"Hmph!!"

Just as Chen An's mind was immersed in deducing this Saber Intent, it wasn't long before students nearby who were also focusing on comprehending the plaque's Saber Intent would suddenly turn pale, their brows furrowing in unbearable pain. They couldn't help but groan, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths, clearly suffering backlash from the plaque's immense and sharp Saber Intent, injuring their minds and blood Qi.

"Pfft!!"

The students from the Prefectural Academy and other County Academies, who were watching the show and gloating, saw this scene and sneered in low voices, their eyes filled with mockery and disdain.

In their view, these students from a remote county were simply too arrogant. With only the meager cultivation of the Qi Condensation Realm and shallow Foundations, they dared to rashly pry into the supreme Dao of the Saber Concept of a Great Grandmaster, only to end up injured by the backlash—it was purely self-inflicted humiliation.

Seeing this scene, County Magistrate Zhang Xuanming and the other two could not help but shake their heads and sigh secretly, even though they were mentally prepared.

As time passed, more and more students who could not hold on mentally withdrew from the contemplation in a sorry state, their faces pale and their blood Qi unstable.

"Let's go, let's go. Brother Zheng, let's go drink together; there's nothing to see here."

"Haha, just watching the fun when I had nothing to do. Didn't you and I go through the same thing back then?!"

"They are just greenhorns from a small place after all. Once they truly enter the Prefectural Academy, they will naturally know what it means to respect the vastness of the world."

"Heh, just overestimating their own capabilities. How could such a chasm in the Realm be easily crossed?"

The students watching from the side saw that most of the students from Wurong County Academy had withdrawn, and expressions of mockery could not help but appear on their faces.

One by one, they turned around, shaking their heads and sneering, dispersing in twos and threes, convinced that none of these people could possibly comprehend even a shred of the Saber Intent.

About the time it takes to burn a stick of incense later!

Chen An frowned slightly and slowly opened his eyes.

"It seems I am indeed not a Genius!"

He sighed slightly in his heart!

Originally, he thought that with his cultivated Sky-Breaking Saber Intent, even if the Realm was far inferior to the demonic blade Concept left on this plaque, he would at least be able to successfully absorb some of its essence, perhaps allowing his Saber Intent to advance and transform.

But only after truly immersing himself in the realization did he know that the gap between the two was far wider than he had anticipated.

This demonic blade's Saber Intent was world-destroying and incomparably tyrannical, and it was very likely to have reached the third level of Concept—the Form-Shaping Stage.

His Sky-Breaking Saber Intent, whether in terms of the Profound Truth of the Concept or the Rank of the Concept, simply could not contend with it.

Chen An speculated in his heart that with his current cultivation in the Dao of the Saber and shallow Concept, wanting to completely see through this tyrannical and extinctive demonic blade Saber Intent was definitely not a task that could be done overnight; it was impossible to achieve in a short time.

Not to mention tracing this wisp of remaining Saber Intent to reverse-engineer the complete saber technique behind it, which was suspected to be a Heaven Rank Martial Skill.

With a Heaven Rank Martial Skill saber technique right in front of him, he really couldn't bear to give up just like that.

"Since that's the case, then don't blame me for cheating!"

"System!"

"Consume 1,000 balance, exchange for 1,000 years of Cultivation time, and fully deduce the demonic blade Saber Intent before me!"

Hum!!