34: Nine Swords of Heaven

Long Yuan was dumbfounded, not expecting Yun Yi's attitude to be so unyielding that even the principal's words were useless. If such a person wasn't crazy, there must be another reason…

As for that reason, Long Yuan could only think that the reason Yun Yi didn't care about Lu Shijie was ultimately because of Yun Feiyan. Lu Shijie was a kept man of Yun Feiyan, and Yun Yi's relationship with Yun Feiyan should be good. Therefore, it wasn't surprising for a fellow member of the Yun Family to look down on someone who lived off the Yun Family.

Just as he was about to leave, Yun Yi called him back, took out a thin booklet, and said, “This is a Cultivation Technique for Cultivating Mental Energy. Take it back and Cultivate it diligently. I will make time to check your Cultivation progress.”

Long Yuan was stunned, quickly took it, and said, “Thank you, Teacher!!!”

“Hmm, keep practicing!”

“Yes!!!”

Long Yuan responded and quickly returned to his team for training. He secretly sighed, Yun Yi had truly made his move!

However, he didn't take the simple and crude Dao that the Fusang People people did, but rather adopted a more circuitous method!

He had just used the Heavenly Dao Eye to check, and discovered that the so-called Soul Refining Skill he was given had problems. The secret arts within it had far more errors than the <Spirit Refining Art> from Shadow Moon Hall. According to the Heavenly Dao Eye's judgment, if one truly Cultivated the Soul Refining Skill, then the Cultivator would become a resource for those Cultivating the <Spirit Refining Art>. In other words, Yun Yi was cultivating his own targets for devouring. As long as someone succeeded in Cultivating the Soul Refining Skill, the day of their success would likely be the day they were devoured by him, thereby strengthening his Divine Soul power!

Viewed this way, Long Yuan had reason to believe that the reason Shadow Moon Hall's <Spirit Refining Art> had so many errors was probably also intentional. Therefore, Yun Yi himself was actually a target for devouring cultivated by others, yet it was pitiful that he still hadn't discovered this point!

Truly worthy of being an evil cult!

Long Yuan now deeply understood the evil deeds of evil cults. They were not only ruthless to outsiders, but even more ruthless to their own people!

When he returned home in the evening, Long Yuan first put the Cultivation Technique booklet into the Treasure Pavilion and marked it with the words “Evil Cult Pitfall Scripture.” The reason he didn't destroy it immediately was, of course, because Yun Yi had said he would make time to check his Cultivation progress, so he kept it for a rainy day.

However, Yun Yi using the Soul Refining Skill to harm him also filled Long Yuan with a sense of crisis. The treacherous minister's desire to harm the emperor was not dead!

He decided to increase his Martial Skill training!

Although the Creation Profound Heaven Skill was good, it was mainly used to raise one's Realm. It came with Divine-grade Martial Skills when breaking through major Realms, but it wasn't time yet, so it was impossible to Cultivate Martial Skills of that level. Therefore, he had to add extra training separately.

Cultivating Martial Skills could transform Realm cultivation into true combat power, allowing one's strength to greatly increase in a short period of time, thus possessing stronger self-preservation capabilities.

So, his evening Cultivation time was divided into two: first Cultivating the Creation Profound Heaven Skill, then Cultivating other Martial Skills.

According to the Heavenly Dao Eye's suggestion, he selected three Divine-grade Martial Skills from the Treasure Pavilion: a sword technique, Heavenly Dao Nine Swords; a fist technique, 《Zhen Yue Sheng Xiang Gong》; and a movement technique, 《Ta Tian Bu》.

“Hmm, the Heavenly Dao Nine Swords needs a sword, 《Zhen Yue Sheng Xiang Gong》 needs a pair of gauntlets, and 《Ta Tian Bu》 needs a pair of boots. The Ye Family and the county both gave xuan stone cards, each with five thousand, which is ten thousand. With so much money, I should be able to choose some better equipment, right?”

Long Yuan's heart warmed at this thought, and he quickly went to the Martial Arts Home mall to search…

“Acquired Low Grade Profound Weapon sword 1000 low-grade xuan stone…”

“Acquired Medium Grade Profound Weapon sword 3000 low-grade xuan stone…”

“Acquired High Grade Profound Weapon sword 100 Medium Grade xuan stones, converted to low-grade xuan stone, it's actually 10,000?!”

“Acquired High Grade gauntlets and boots both cost more than 100 Medium Grade xuan stones?!!!”

Long Yuan was a bit dumbfounded by these prices, not expecting Profound Weapons to be so expensive. He had thought he had some money now, but unexpectedly, when measured by Profound Weapons, he was a pauper!

Not to mention the Innate Treasure Artifact swords and Treasure Artifacts refined by famous masters. The swords used by the sword-wielders on the Great Ming Famous Sword List were probably extremely valuable items, perhaps even priceless treasures…

Unless he used the xuan stones on Dragon Snow's leftover bank card to buy them, he wouldn't be able to equip himself with decent Profound Weapons. However, once he used that money, someone might be able to trace him in the future, so he still needed to be careful.

Long Yuan sighed. Profound Weapons were expensive, but there was a reason for their expense. They were good helpers for Xuan Practitioners when exploring Secret Realms and hunting exotic beasts, and they were also Sharp Weapons for killing enemies and escaping. From this perspective, Profound Weapons, no matter how expensive, were not excessive. They were the Xuan Practitioner's second life. The saying “sword is, man is; sword perishes, man perishes” illustrates this principle. In fact, whether it's Profound Weapons or Profound Medicine, these items that can enhance strength are extremely attractive to Xuan Practitioners. Many people use various means to earn money, which ultimately gets converted into these Profound items to improve their combat power…

“It seems Artifact Refiners have a great future, and Alchemists must also have good prospects. So, I might as well get an Alchemist certification too. This way, I'll have more ways to make money! And these guild members basically don't have to go to the front lines to fight for their lives, yet they can make a lot of money in the rear…”

At this thought, Long Yuan directly added the Alchemist certification task to his plan. After all, the Heavenly Dao Space was vast, with plenty of places to plant Profound Medicine — oh no, Spirit Medicine. When people on Blue Star Cultivate Immortals, they would definitely need a lot of Spirit Medicine. He could completely arrange for the planting of Spirit Medicine first!

However, to plant Spirit Medicine in the Heavenly Dao Space, he first had to charge it by devouring a large amount of waste, and all of this had to be built on the foundation of his own strength improvement.

After pondering for a while, Long Yuan ordered an Acquired High Grade Profound Weapon sword on the Martial Arts Home mall. This one order spent all the ten thousand low-grade xuan stone he had just Acquired!

But he wasn't anxious. After receiving the sword, he could try hunting outside the city, and he should be able to quickly recoup his investment…

In fact, there was a very large Martial Arts Market in the core area of Fengyang County, in Yuhua District, where many people would go to sell beast materials and buy Profound Weapons and Profound Medicine. But Long Yuan didn't want to show his face or wealth there right now. Ordering on the Martial Arts Home mall was more secretive and safe, as this mall operated through official channels.

Less than two hours after placing the order, the Acquired High Grade Profound Weapon sword was delivered to his door, which genuinely surprised Long Yuan. He had originally thought about getting a wooden sword to play with first, but now he could directly practice with a real sword.

“Heavenly Dao Nine Swords, First Sword, Basic Form!”

This form was actually the Origin foundation for Cultivating the Dao of the Sword, encompassing almost the most essential parts of various sword techniques in the world. It could also be said that this form was the general outline of all sword techniques!

When Long Yuan realized this, he was so excited he felt dizzy!

“My goodness, if I master this form, won't I be able to understand all the variations of various sword techniques like the back of my hand?!”

He could hardly imagine that someone could understand all the essentials and Essence of all sword techniques so clearly, and furthermore, integrate them into one, finally creating such a sword technique. It was called a form, but in reality, it was all-encompassing, because it was the most fundamental, most essential, and purest part of sword techniques. No matter which sword technique, if one traced its Origin, one could find its source here…

He even understood a principle by Cultivating this sword technique: that the sword is both tangible and intangible. Even without a sword in hand, as long as there is a sword in the heart, one can still use sword moves to strike down enemies!

If the sword in hand is gone, the arm is also a sword, the finger is also a sword, the heart is also a sword. All things in the world, such as wind, clouds, thunder, lightning, ice, rain, wood, and stone, can be transformed into Sharp Weapons. There is nothing that is not a sword, it is everywhere!

Even the opponent's sword could become his own sword!

Yo ho!!!

Long Yuan felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning, his mind opened up, and he felt that even his Cultivation Realm had improved significantly!

He was greatly invigorated and quickly began to diligently Cultivate the sword technique demonstrated by his light-and-shadow self in the Heavenly Dao Space's simulated Cultivation room. At first, he was a bit rusty and uncoordinated, but as time went on, he gradually built confidence, and his movements became natural, reasonable, clean, and sharp, combining agility with stability. Inside the Cultivation room, cold light flashed, and Sword Qi surged, enveloping his entire being in a world of swords…

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