Ye Tianling said, "Take the ’Four-Four Diagram,’ for instance. Arrange sixteen characters in four rows. First, swap the outer corners—one with sixteen, and four with thirteen. Then, swap the inner corners—six with eleven, and seven with ten. This way, whether you add the numbers horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, the sum is always thirty-four."
Que Xinyan imdiately ran the visualization in his mind and found it to be true. A look of genuine shock appeared in his eyes.
He saw sothing far more profound in this thod of calculation. ’Using a system like this to calculate Dao Patterns and Array Maps... how terrifyingly fast could one master arrays?’
The scariest thing in the world was, in fact, mastering arrays!
Mastering a single array required years, even decades, of dedicated study to truly sink in.
But if one knew a similar arithtic thod, it would be like holding the key to the gates of array mastery—a true shortcut.
Que Xinyan’s entire body began to tremble.
A sly, triumphant smile crept onto Ye Tianling’s face. "Furthermore," he said, "each of the Nine Palaces can transform into an Eight Trigram. Eight tis nine is seventy-two. If you arrange the numbers one through seventy-two in circles around the Nine Palaces, with eight numbers per circle, you get additional circles at the intersections for a total of thirteen. The sum of the numbers in each circle is always two hundred ninety-two. The transformations of the Luo Shu diagram are wondrous beyond belief, but I’ve said enough."
As he spoke, Ye Tianling made a show of closing his eyes to resu his cultivation.
"Wait, wait! Tell more, please, I’m begging you."
Que Xinyan pleaded.
He was completely captivated by this "profound" knowledge.
Ye Tianling said, "I’ll give you a puzzle. If you can solve it, I’ll take you as my disciple and teach you a Cultivation Technique."
Not suspecting a thing, Que Xinyan walked right into Ye Tianling’s trap. He nodded eagerly. "Okay, okay! Go on, ask away!"
Ye Tianling said, "Fill a nine-by-nine grid with the numbers one to eighty-one, without repeating any, so that the sum of each row, column, and main diagonal is the sa. How would you arrange them?"
Que Xinyan was stunned for a long mont. Then, he silently sat down before the stone monunt and began performing the calculations in his head.
Ye Tianling shot him a pitying glance before resuming his hard cultivation.
With Que Xinyan standing guard, Ye Tianling could cultivate with complete peace of mind. He let his guard down and focused entirely on his Enlightennt Dao.
Having now experienced the power of Martial Arts Manuals, Ye Tianling was determined not only to restore his cultivation but also to master every martial art he could rember.
He already had a foundation in the Nine Yang Divine Skill, the Nine Yin Scripture, and the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth. Furthermore, his True Qi had already evolved into Sword Essence Power—a form of Liquid True Essence. This naturally made his cultivation far more effective.
His body, already transford by two layers of Dragon Blood, had been further tempered by the Samadhi True Fire Aura, making it unimaginably tough.
With that, Ye Tianling began cultivating the Muscle Strengthening Scripture.
After a full four hours, he achieved Great Success in the Muscle Strengthening Scripture.
Ye Tianling then started on the Six ridian Divine Sword.
Six hours later, he achieved Great Success in the Six ridian Divine Sword.
Next, he moved on to the Little Faceless Technique and the Celestial Mountain Six Yang Palm. He achieved Great Success in both in less than two hours.
Finally, Ye Tianling began cultivating the Finger Snap Divine Technique and the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. Because he had already mastered the Six ridian Divine Sword, he achieved Great Success with the Finger Snap Divine Technique in a re ten minutes.
However, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms took him an entire day of cultivation before he barely managed to master it.
After mastering it, his control over the first two layers of Dragon Blood in his body beca effortless, as natural as thought itself.
In the process, Ye Tianling’s cultivation unknowingly broke through to the Sword Essence Third Heaven Perfection Realm.
Inside his Dantian, there was only Chaos.
Within the Chaos, a peerless True Dragon seed to be coiled, reflecting the Ninety-nine-story Treasure Pagoda Celestial Ladder from between his brows.
Just as he had expected, it was difficult to perceive, but it could indeed be considered a ’Ninety-nine Level Talent’.
As for how many Qi Pillars he had... Ye Tianling hadn’t even considered it. He had a vague feeling that after inheriting the Huaxia Dragon Soul, he was fundantally different from the people of this world.
People here only possessed a single soul. Even the most powerful, those rare cases with a Dual Soul, were already considered peerless geniuses.
But after his soul and body were cleansed by the Huaxia Dragon Soul and the Xuanyuan Inheritance, he possessed the ’Three Souls and Seven Spirits’. If one were to calculate it that way, his talent should be ten Qi Pillars, with each pillar containing ninety-nine Nine Qi Festivals!
But obviously, Talent couldn’t be calculated like that.
Even if he told soone, no one would ever believe him. And in this world, there was no Heaven-Testing Stone capable of identifying such a peerless Talent.
With his realm at Perfection, Ye Tianling’s injuries also fully recovered.
The Dragon Blood that had burst from the Third Layer of the Dragon Blood Region at the critical mont had now gradually fused with his own bloodline.
Ye Tianling’s strength reached an unprecedented height, and his understanding of Sword Intent naturally grew more profound.
Ye Tianling opened his eyes and stood up.
A sound like the roar of a dragon and the cry of a tiger echoed from his bones, as if he had undergone a terrifying transformation.
Beside him, Que Xinyan was like a madman, muttering as he perford his calculations. Steam seed to rise from his head, and his dark face was flushed a deep, purplish-red, as if it were about to burst into flas.
He was clearly agonizing over the puzzle.
Ye Tianling paid him no mind, instead recalling the events of the past four days and taking stock of his gains.
Then, Ye Tianling began practicing his swordplay right where he stood.
He executed the moves of the Nine Swords of Dugu, powered by his Sword Essence Power and complented by the Wave-Riding Light Step Body Technique. It gave him the feeling of a master strategist with the world in the palm of his hand.
As he trained, the Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique within him finally began to circulate on its own once more.
This ti, not only did he reach the Entry Level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique, but thanks to the foundation provided by the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, the two techniques seed to form a mysterious connection. This allowed the Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique to advance a step beyond the initial threshold of mastery.
As a result, true ’Dragon Qi’ was born within Ye Tianling’s body.
The mont this Dragon Qi appeared, Ye Tianling felt as if he had beco an emperor of the Sword Dao. His Sword Venerate Dominating Body had finally been activated.
VMMMM—
In that instant, the power of the Fiery Sun Sword at his side seed to increase more than tenfold.
At the sa ti, an indescribable sense of attunent spread through him. The Fiery Sun Sword felt as if it had beco an extension of his own body.
It wasn’t just the Fiery Sun Sword. It was as if every other sword in existence had co to life, filled with a sense of reverence—reverence for Ye Tianling.
’Emperor’s Qi Sword Body. Evolve Dragon Qi from Sword Qi and a Strong Heart. Condense Battle Intent from Dragon Qi to form supre Emperor’s Qi. With the Sword Venerate Dominating Body, Ten Thousand Swords Submit!’
Imrsed in this understanding, as the Dragon Qi erged, the wisp of Samadhi True Fire Aura within his chaotic Dantian gradually gathered, forming a faint, flickering fla.
This flicker of fla then spread out, circulating both inside and outside his body, continuously tempering it.
This process continued for half the night.
By the ti dawn arrived, Ye Tianling had completed his greatest transformation yet. Although he hadn’t entered the Sword Intent Realm, he was now confident that if he faced Jin Zhifu again, he could kill her in an instant.
Ye Tianling was very satisfied with his transformation.
With a single thought, he activated the Little Faceless Technique. The muscles and bones in his face shifted and changed.
A mont later, he had transford into a different person—a handso and refined young man, his bearing and temperant completely altered.
Ye Tianling changed into a white, Profound Tier Upper Grade Wind Spirit Dust-Resistant Armor Robe, an item he had taken from Ye Tianfan’s Qiankun Ring.
Ye Tianfan had carefully prepared it for himself, but now Ye Tianling reaped the benefits.
Ye Tianling glanced at Que Xinyan, who was still agonizing over the puzzle. A look of gratitude, sympathy, and pity filled his eyes.
After a brief hesitation, Ye Tianling wrote the answer to the puzzle on the ground nearby. Then, using the Wave-Riding Light Step Body Technique, he headed directly back to Qingyang Town.
This ti, he would take his revenge out in the open.
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