In the courtyard, two shadows flitted about like immortals, but the clash of their swords was filled with lethal intent. Their back-and-forth moves had an inexplicable beauty, as if each could predict the other’s next move, matching each other perfectly.
While it was a beautiful sight, it also conveyed a sense of deadly seriousness.
"Young Master Tao truly is a genius when it cos to mastering the Elegant Sword Technique..."
Fu Junyu sheathed her sword and stood upright, her face full of shock.
She hadn’t left the house in the past few days and didn’t believe a word of Kou Zhong’s outrageous braggadocio.
So young, and not disguised as so old monster, it couldn’t be that he was a grandmaster.
But since it was they who had saved her, she had indeed not been stingy in teaching them.
However, the Elegant Sword Technique itself has high requirents for talent and is not ant for anyone who is not a genius to practice.
Yet the young man before her, Tao Yu, had completely redefined her concept of genius!
With insight into flaws, he had a talent far surpassing her own, being able to anticipate moves even before he had fully grasped the skill.
Once the theory behind the Elegant Sword Technique started to sink in, he advanced at an astonishing pace!
Without using inner strength and relying solely on techniques, she could no longer compare to him in a pure contest of the Elegant Sword Technique...
"Not at all, I just happened to have so relevant skills."
Tao Yu was not self-congratulatory.
With the aid of the God-Containing Technique, his previous abilities in finding flaws had been integrated, making the biggest hurdle of mastering the Elegant Sword Technique seem nonexistent in front of him!
In fact, he had mastered the skill on the first day, but Tao Yu had also noticed so slight changes by now.
As he entered the Grandmaster Realm, and as he learned more and more martial arts theories, he vaguely realized he could make so ’modifications’ to the Elegant Sword Technique to better fit himself.
Although not many, they indeed caused the Elegant Sword Technique to transform continuously.
The most significant difference was that the cost of Deification increased by more than nine hundred from the original ten thousand!
Deification of inner strength such as the Nine Yin True Scripture, being fundantal, required only five thousand, but the Elegant Sword Technique demanded such a high requirent, which truly surprised him.
This sword technique also had a matching inner strength technique, ’Nine Mysteries,’ but Tao Yu had separated it out to prevent conflicts with his own inner strength, and thus it was necessary to make so minor adjustnts to match his own...
"It’s almost there."
A hint of unusual color appeared in Tao Yu’s eyes, Deification!
Even though it was only the first Deification, Tao Yu suddenly felt a new liveliness in his spirit, as if the world had once again beco clearer.
He then discovered to his surprise that after the Deification of the Elegant Sword Technique, it began to actively relate to his Grandmaster Intent.
Tao Yu actually had several exceptional elents at his disposal: the Intent of Death from the Big Dipper, the Intent of Power from the strength of a dragon-and-elephant, the Intent of Root being versatile, and the Innate Ti Control for a slightly perceptible sense of ti.
For the ti being, he could only integrate the ’Intent of Death,’ being fundantal, into his Grandmaster Intent.
But perhaps because the Elegant Sword Technique was already a perfect fit for the Grandmaster Intent, after the first Deification, it rged directly into it.
Although it didn’t bring about sothing grand like the ’Intent of Death,’ it added a sword intent and a sense of sharpness to Tao Yu’s Grandmaster Intent.
Humm~
Both Ba Fenghan’s Zhanxuan Sword and Fu Junyu’s sword began to emit a sword hum at the sa ti.
And Fu Junyu, who had been standing opposite Tao Yu and exchanging test moves with him, suddenly felt a wave of sword intent hit her face-on. The imnse pressure was so great that it montarily left her breathless!
This was the overwhelmingly superior pressure she only felt when facing her master!
This, this was actually a grandmaster!
A grandmaster so young?!
Fu Junyu simply couldn’t believe it, and was sowhat distracted.
Is this the Central Plains? The true Land of Dragon’s Rise, where extraordinary people and geniuses abound!
She had thought that the likes of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were the pinnacle, but who would have expected...
Fu Junyu couldn’t help but sigh.
Then she thought about the big talk that Kou Zhong had been spouting earlier, could it be true...
"Oh my, is Brother Tao finally going to beco an immortal?"
Kou Zhong’s face was a picture of shock and disbelief.
Even Xu Ziling, who was usually more composed, was sowhat lost in thought at the mont, not knowing what to say as he looked at Tao Yu, who seed like a descended immortal.
"Why did my sword move on its own accord because of Brother Tao? I never let it move by itself before."
Ba Fenghan looked at his own Zhanxuan Sword with a desire to cry.
It was more distressing to him than if his woman had slept with soone else.
This was the sword he intended to use to kill Bi Xuan...
"Sorry, I’ve made a little progress."
Tao Yu offered an apology without a hint of sincerity, making Ba Fenghan want to cry even more.
He and Fu Junyu had known each other for a very long ti, and he was actually learning the Elegant Sword Technique from her, but before he could even get started properly, soone else had already ’made a little progress’.
And judging by the situation, it wasn’t just a little progress!
"Let’s go, let’s get the He’s Jade Disc. After we get the item, we’ll head south to the small valley, where Brother Song and Aunt Yu are also going to pay tribute to your mother."
"Why do you also call Aunt?"
Fu Junyu, who had just recovered from the shock of Tao Yu’s Grandmaster Realm impression, was hit by a piercing comnt.
"I’m about the sa age as they are, not old Ba. You are indeed quite a bit older than ."
Tao Yu’s words made the already secretly distressed Ba Fenghan even more saddened; he was even younger than him, it was so unfair...
...
These days, Luoyang was in chaos. The Wagang and the Dugu clan had fallen completely; Wang Shichong directly thanked nature’s bounty. Without the external pressure from Wagang, he first settled the city’s affairs, preparing to engage in a massacre to eliminate dissenters and completely take control of Luoyang.
He even began to assemble and dispatch troops to rout the Wagang army and absorb their forces.
Because of this incident, the original attention-grabbing event of the He’s Jade Disc choosing a righteous sovereign had been largely forgotten.
Frankly, the selection by the He’s Jade Disc was more of a hype; how could it compete with the impact of this explosive news?
Even the issue of Shi Feixuan’s Way of the Sovereign was stuck.
At this ti, Kou Zhong and the others had brought Tao Yu and Fu Junyu to the outside of the Jingnian Zen Monastery... Continue reading stories on empire
"This is the structural diagram that Wang Shichong gave , very detailed."
Kou Zhong pulled out a floor plan, which clearly marked every building in the Jingnian Zen Monastery; it was definitely drawn by a professional.
"What is he up to?"
Tao Yu was also a bit curious.
"Because no matter what, the He’s Jade Disc would never choose him, so obviously for him, the best thing would be for the He’s Jade Disc to disappear. If it weren’t for his lack of guts, he probably would have done it himself already."
Kou Zhong actually had a clear understanding of Wang Shichong’s thoughts.
Wang Shichong had a terrible reputation, and in fact, Kou Zhong didn’t like him either. It’s just that currently their interests aligned, but once they had seized the He’s Jade Disc, they could make their escape...
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