Chapter 1165: Piercing through the Sky, Tearing through Space
To think that the pain that Xiao Chen endured yesterday—a pain that would cause one to feel it just by watching him suffer—was not worth mentioning in his opinion!
“Let’s not talk about that. It’s not really a glorious thing. If not for pushing myself too hard in the past, I would not have only four years left.”
Xiao Chen paused here and looked at the Startling Wind Zither by Yue Bingyun’s side. He also had many questions he wanted to clarify. “What’s up with this Startling Wind Zither? With your current strength, you should not be able to activate it, right?”
The Merfolk Race’s Yao Yan only managed to bring out the power of a Primordial Emperor Treasure through eight Martial Emperors laying down their lives.
Xiao Chen did not believe that the Lunar Palace would be so bold as to sacrifice so many Martial Emperors to allow Yue Bingyun to use the Startling Wind Zither.
Yue Bingyun stood up, struggling a little in the process. Then, she picked up the Startling Wind Zither and said, “In order to play a single note, I have to spend some of my lifespan. The earlier song cost me ten years of life.”
Xiao Chen’s pupils constricted in incredulity.
“Relax.”
Yue Bingyun smiled and added, “A cultivator that cultivates the Longevity Art has a very long lifespan. With the Heavenly Origin Pill you gave me, even if I do not advance to Martial Emperor, I will still live for more than one thousand years.”
Xiao Chen felt enlightened. However, even so, using ten years of lifespan like that was really heartbreaking.
“Actually, as long as I do not play the entire song, it will not harm my cultivation. However, without the complete song, I can’t bring out the full might of the Startling Wind Zither. I need to cultivate the Longevity Art to the ninth layer before I’m confident of playing the complete song.”
Just one note could force two half-step Martial Emperors to retreat and passively defend.
Xiao Chen somewhat anticipated seeing how powerful the complete song would be, what kind of might the Transcendent Divine Weapon would display.
“Right, what were you looking at earlier? You were so engrossed in it.”
Xiao Chen smiled mysteriously and said, “Come with me.”
The two walked with much difficulty. Staggering forward, step by step, in this place with strong gravity looked extremely funny.
Yue Bingyun walked over and studied the drawing on the wall. Then, a strange look flashed in her eyes.
The wall drawing was very simple. There were only one person and one sword. There was also a pair of eyes that one would not dare to meet.
The swordsman in the drawing was not very detailed, only depicted as a vague silhouette. However, the sharp sword intent of that person still surged boundlessly, even after fifty thousand years, as if the person would jump out of the wall at any moment.
After taking just a few glances, Yue Bingyun felt an unparalleled, sharp sword intent penetrate into her sea of consciousness. It instantly came to life and materialized a boundlessly profound Sword Technique.
This Sword Technique was very tyrannical and unyielding with each swing capable of piercing through the sky and tearing through space. The figure turned vague as it projected a fighting spirit surging with hot-bloodedness. Whoever received it would feel their blood take fire as well.
When this move finished materializing, a strange look flashed in Yue Bingyun’s face. She said, “This is a Medial Grade Profound Sword Technique. Its might is very mysterious, extremely profound.”
Xiao Chen nodded. There were at least ten of such drawings on the walls. These were all sword moves that the Blood Sword Sovereign had put his full effort into when carving them into the walls.
Every one of these was a Medial Grade Profound Sword Technique. Even after more than fifty thousand years, the sword intent in them had not disappeared, which showed how strong these sword intents were.
“How unfortunate! There is no way to record the Profound Martial Techniques here. Neither of us is a swordsman. This is too unfortunate,” Yue Bingyun sighed, shaking her head.
The value of these Medial Grade Profound Sword Techniques went without saying. As far as Yue Bingyun recalled, the entire Lunar Palace had only ten such Profound Martial Techniques. There was too little choice, and none of them suited her. They were all either of different weapons or opposing wills.
Swordsmen were the highest in number in the Kunlun Realm. With so many Medial Grade Profound Sword Techniques here, if she and Xiao Chen could copy them down and bring them out, each one would fetch a very high price. Even Martial Emperors would compete for them.
Xiao Chen smiled mysteriously. “I understand that. That is not what I’m referring to. Check your will. Are there any improvements?”
When Yue Bingyun heard this, she closed her eyes. After a while, she revealed a joyful expression. She opened her eyes and said with a smile, “My will of water improved slightly. What’s going on? This is too wonderful.”
Xiao Chen glanced at the wall drawing and said, “I only just discovered this. The sword intent in these drawings has the ability to temper wills. However, only the first time is simple. If you want to continue tempering your will, you will have to take some risks.
“You’ll have to let the sword intent enter a deeper part of your sea of consciousness, to fight it using your will. If your will is defeated, the moment of the will shattering will be hard to bear.”
This revelation startled Yue Bingyun when she heard it. “Let the sword intent enter the depths of the sea of consciousness? If you’re not careful, you might end up an idiot.”
Xiao Chen smiled and did not say anything more. To obtain something, one had to take some risk. He felt that this risk was worth it. The strong sword intent that the Blood Sword Sovereign left behind could temper not only wills but also his saber soul.
Xiao Chen’s saber soul already reached seventy percent comprehension and was very difficult to improve further. He could not miss out on this opportunity.
Something occurred to him, and he handed over the Life and Death Art in his hand. “Read this Life and Death Art first.”
Yue Bingyun received the secret manual, finding the offer somewhat strange. She had not expected Xiao Chen to let her look at the Life and Death Art that he spent so much effort to obtain.
“What about you?”
“We cannot get out for now anyway. I will just spend some time in quiet cultivation here. Cultivating in this high-gravity environment will be very beneficial to my Movement Techniques, cultivation, and physical body.”
Yue Bingyun smiled and said, “It looks like you are extraordinarily optimistic. I will take a look at it first, then. After you are done cultivating, I will explain it to you, and we can discuss the mysteries of the Life and Death Art together.”
In the following days, Yue Bingyun read quietly and Xiao Chen cultivated arduously.
Xiao Chen structured his cultivation time very strictly. He would practice his Movement Technique in the morning. In one hundred times stronger gravity, the effects of his training in Movement Technique were pronounced.
At noon, he would look at the wall drawings to temper his saber soul. In the afternoon, he tempered his body and cultivated the Azure Dragon Body Nourishing Art.
At night, he drained Essence Stones to increase his cultivation, improving it by leaps and bounds every day and progressing towards peak Great Perfection quasi-Emperor.
Time passed. Soon, the two had stayed at the Blood Sword Sovereign’s cultivation room for one week.
During this one week, the two had kept themselves busy and did not feel bored or frustrated.
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At the mouth of the deep chasm, Bing Xuejian and Fei Lengyi, as well as the four remaining Consummation quasi-Emperors, were not feeling at ease. Their patience had worn off long ago, leaving them very frustrated.
However, they did not have the courage to jump down themselves. There were too many unpredictable factors that made Bing Xuejian and Fei Lengyi leery.
“We can’t continue just sitting here like this. We cannot afford to waste this time,” Fei Lengyi said indifferently.
Bing Xuejian retorted icily, “I told you much earlier, go and check out the bottom. You have the jadeite and can escape without any problems.”
Jin Liangqi and the other three Consummation quasi-Emperors all looked at Fei Lengyi as well. In this place, Fei Lengyi was the person with the strongest combat prowess. It would be very suitable for him to go down.
Fei Lengyi snapped, “Don’t even think about it. The source of the gravity is below. If I go down, an accident might happen.”
Bing Xuejian smiled coldly and said, “I thought that you had some good ideas. Unexpectedly, you are just a coward. You might as well not have said anything.”
Fei Lengyi looked at the pitch-black deep chasm and countered, “Who said that I have no ideas? Aren’t there still two coffins unopened out of those five? Toss those two down and let those quasi-Emperor-level bloodsucking monsters scout the way for us. At least we will be able to get some information using the sound.”
When the others heard this suggestion, their eyes lit up.
These people had experienced the horror of a quasi-Emperor-level bloodsucking monster personally. They had had to work together and put in a lot of effort before they managed to eliminate the quasi-Emperor-level bloodsucking monsters that Xiao Chen let out.
Furthermore, those bloodsucking monsters were clearly more resistant to that gravity than humans.
If they sent two of those bloodsucking monsters down, those monsters would be enough to deal with Xiao Chen. Even if they could not obtain the Life and Death Art, they could make sure Xiao Chen did not, either.
Bing Xuejian sent an indifferent look at Jin Liangqi and the others. Then he said, “The few of you, go carry those two coffins over.”
Although Jin Liangqi and the others were unhappy, if they did not do as instructed, they would have to deal with both Bing Xuejian and Fei Lengyi now.
The Consummation quasi-Emperors soon carried two coffins over. Bing Xuejian glanced at the deep chasm and said, “Brat, earlier, you sent me a big present. Now, I will send you a big present as well!”
Bing Xuejian opened the lids of the two coffins, then launched the coffins down the deep chasm with one palm strike.
“Bang! Bang!”
Two loud crashes came from the bottom. The group of people stood at the rim of the chasm and did their best to peer into its depths. They wanted to see what was happening below.
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Sonic booms startled Xiao Chen, who was practicing the Thunder Dragon Steps.
Now, he could move about freely for three hundred meters in this place despite the one hundred times magnified gravity. His Movement Technique had clearly improved, and he could summon out twelve electric dragons to increase his speed.
“Watch out!”
Xiao Chen’s figure flashed as he took ten steps in the air. Each step left behind an electric dragon image. After ten strides, he arrived beside Yue Bingyun. The dragon images in the air instantly returned to his body.
This caused Xiao Chen’s explosive power to increase once more as he picked up Yue Bingyun and relocated quickly.
“Bang! Bang!”
Amid the loud noises, two quasi-Emperor-level bloodsucking monsters fell where Yue Bingyun had been. These two bloodsucking monsters actually did not end up flat on the ground. Instead, they were on their feet.
Compared to Xiao Chen’s initial state when he first fell in, these bloodsucking monsters were in much better conditions.
However, as Xiao Chen looked at the two quasi-Emperor-level bloodsucking monsters, he did not show any fear at all. Smiling faintly, he said, “They came just in time. I happen to need to test the results of my cultivation during this period.
“Don’t make a move. Leave them to me.”
A strong fighting spirit flared in Xiao Chen’s eyes as he told Yue Bingyun to hang back so he could deal with the monsters on his own.
“Will you be alright?!”
Yue Bingyun found his order somewhat strange. She had seen how difficult these quasi-Emperor-level bloodsucking monsters were for herself. These were creatures that even Bing Xuejian and Fei Lengyi could not deal with quickly.
Xiao Chen stepped forward and replied calmly, “If we were outside, I would not be very confident. However, I am ninety-nine-percent confident here!”