99: The power of the half-step Xuanzi level talent "Divine Blade with Spirit"!

"Hum!"

When Lin Yi gripped the star origin saber.

Suddenly, Lin Yi felt an extremely faint vibration from deep within the black long saber.

In an instant, Lin Yi's Soul established a profound and mysterious, yet inseparable deep connection with this long saber.

Then... "Swoosh!"

The connection between the two Souls seemed to travel through space and time, reaching back hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years ago, a super powerhouse was also holding this star origin saber, constantly practicing the techniques of the "Star River Myriad Forms Saber".

"Star River Myriad Phenomena!"

"Starry Shift!"

"One Strike Slashes the Star River!"

"One Blade Divides Myriad Forms!"

...The super powerhouse continued to Cultivate, from entry to Minor Achievement, from Minor Achievement to Major Achievement, and from Major Achievement to Perfection... everything, every detail and realization, was imprinted within this star origin saber.

Finally, across hundreds of years and endless time and space, it formed silhouettes in Lin Yi's mind, guiding Lin Yi's Cultivation.

"Whoosh!"

Seeing the silhouettes practicing with the blade in his head, in the Divine Weapon Pavilion, Lin Yi's eyes were hazy, and he involuntarily began to Cultivate with the star origin saber.

"Star River Myriad Phenomena!"

"Starry Shift!"

"Starfall!"

"One Strike Slashes the Star River!"

...One technique after another was performed by Lin Yi.

In this way, Lin Yi continued to Cultivate, using the silhouettes from hundreds of years ago as a furnace and his usual insights as fuel, burning together into a towering flame that pushed Lin Yi's Martial Arts Techniques and Force Exertion Realm to a higher level!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

"Swoosh swoosh!"

...Inside the Divine Weapon Pavilion, blade lights whistled as stretches of star rivers and stars emerged.

Lin Yi Cultivated frantically, forgetting time and space.

Finally, he didn't know how long he had been practicing.

"Whoosh!"

As Lin Yi struck his final blow, a brilliant star river slashed through the sky.

Only then did the connection between the long saber in his hand and his Soul slowly fade and weaken.

At the same time, the silhouette in his mind also slowly disappeared, merging back into the star origin saber, pulling Lin Yi's spirit back to reality.

"Phew! Martial Nephew Lin, you've finally stopped!"

Just as Lin Yi came to his senses, a voice sounded in his ear.

Lin Yi turned his head and saw the Jiang Family Head looking at him with a bitter smile:

"Martial Nephew Lin, you are far too hardworking. You started practicing the moment you picked up the saber, and you became so lost in it."

"You've been Cultivating for over five hours straight, and it's already dark outside."

"What! I actually Cultivated for five hours this time?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but be startled.

He had been instantly immersed the moment he picked up the star origin saber, completely losing track of time.

He thought he had only practiced for a short while; he didn't expect so much time to have passed!

"However, after practicing for five hours straight, I wonder how much I've improved? Let me check now!"

Lin Yi muttered to himself and opened his attribute panel.

Immediately, lines of text appeared before Lin Yi's eyes... [Martial Arts: Innate Low Grade: "Star River Myriad Forms Saber" (Major Achievement, 1% → 2%).]

[Force Exertion Realm: Second Level of Limit Breaking (Entry, 4% → 10%)]

... "What! This... this, my progress is actually this great!"

Seeing the text on the attribute panel, Lin Yi's eyes widened in shock.

One must know that once Innate martial arts reach Major Achievement and the Limit Breaking Realm reaches the second level, it becomes increasingly difficult for a Martial Artist to Cultivate.

For an ordinary Tianshan Pavilion Prodigy, practicing for ten days or half a month might not even yield a 1% increase in progress.

Even for a super Genius like Lin Yi, it was extremely difficult.

Often, after a day of Cultivation, it was hard for the progress of the Limit Breaking Realm to increase by 2 percentage points, let alone the progress of Martial Arts Techniques, which wouldn't even increase by 1 percentage point.

But now, with the "Divine Blade Has Spirit" Talent, after just one session of Cultivation, his Limit Breaking Realm increased by 6%, more than three times faster than before!

And the Realm of "Star River Myriad Forms Saber" also increased by 1%; the progress was terrifying!

If this kind of Cultivation speed were to be spread, let alone some Fourth Grade Martial Artist or super Genius, even an Innate Golden Core Grandmaster would probably be frightened!

"Divine Blade Has Spirit! It truly deserves to be called a half-step mystic purple rank Talent; it's really powerful! Unbelievably powerful!"

Lin Yi's eyes were filled with excitement:

"This effect is much stronger than that of a Blade Path Prodigy; there is simply no comparison between the two."

"Especially when paired with the Flesh Body Control Talent 'Talent', the speed at which my Force Exertion Realm increases is simply beyond imagination!"

"Although I can feel that using the 'Divine Blade Has Spirit' Talent consumes Divine Soul power, and with my current Divine Soul strength, I can only Cultivate for at most five hours a day."

"However, even with just these five hours, my progress is far beyond what it was before; it's absolutely terrifying!"

"The Third Level of Limit Breaking was originally estimated to take over a year, maybe two! But now, I estimate it can be done in about half a year."

"As for the 'Star River Myriad Forms Saber', although the Bottleneck between Major Achievement and Perfection is huge—especially the final Bottleneck of breaking through from 99% to 100%, which has stuck countless First-Rank Martial Artists in the history of the Heavenly Mountain Sect."

"Plus, I don't have a special Talent bonus like 'Talent' for practicing martial arts, but if I keep Cultivating like this, at most two years, and 'Star River Myriad Forms Saber' should reach Perfection!"

"And although the Martial Arts Techniques Realm of the Perfection level of 'Star River Myriad Forms Saber' cannot compare to a Xiantian Grandmaster, it is enough to surpass the vast majority of First-Rank Martial Artists in the world!"

Lin Yi was excited, seemingly seeing his terrifying progress over the next two years.

Then, after taking a few deep breaths to calm his excitement, he said to Jiang Long:

"Jiang Family Head, thank you for the kindness of lending the saber and watching over me. I will remember this kindness. From now on, I and the Jiang Family are completely allied as one."

"If in the future I am truly fortunate enough to achieve Innate and become a Grand Elder of the Heavenly Mountain Sect, I will definitely support the Jiang Family in many major matters!"

"Haha! Good, good, good!"

Hearing this promise from Lin Yi, Jiang Long was instantly overjoyed, his heart so excited he was almost going crazy:

"With these words from Martial Nephew Lin, I can rest easy. From now on, if Martial Nephew Lin needs any help from my Jiang Family here in the Heavenly Mountain Sect, just say the word. My Jiang Family will certainly do our best to help."

"Mm, in that case, thank you, Jiang Family Head."

Lin Yi nodded with a smile, but in his heart, he didn't take it too seriously.

Do their best to help?

That was simply impossible!

After all, with the size of the Jiang Family, if they really wanted to do their best, let alone ten million taels, they could easily bring out a hundred million or even a billion taels of silver!

But now they only brought out ten million taels. What was the reason?

It was because he was currently too weak, just a mere Fourth Grade Martial Artist. He was still far from the First Rank, let alone Innate. He might even have bad luck and fall midway.

So even though his Aptitude was high, it was already the limit for the Jiang Family to give ten million taels of silver every year and lend him the star origin saber.

If he wanted the Jiang Family to increase their investment further, he would have to demonstrate even greater strength, at least enough to save his own life at the hands of a First-Rank Master.

Only then could the Jiang Family continue to invest with peace of mind.

"The Jiang Family wants strength, and the Sect Master wants strength too."

"Now that my two major Talents have been fused and the star origin saber is in my hands, everything is ready."

"It seems that what follows will be a long life of Cultivation."

With a thought, Lin Yi thanked the Jiang Family Head a few more times and then bid him farewell.