Chapter 103

Translator: 549690339

On this day, Xie Lingfeng said farewell to Hu Shan.

“Brother Xie, if my master agrees to meet with you, I will send a message to my granddad, asking him to notify you!”

Xu Yan respectfully said.

“Many thanks, Brother Xu!”

Xie Lingfeng gratefully said.

He desired to visit Xu Yan’s master, a mysterious recluse.

This was an opportunity!

And it must be seized!

“I take my leave now!”

Xu Yan respectfully took his leave and turned away.

In Yunshan County,

Meng Chong was contemplating The Eight Diagrams. The more he dwelt on it, the more profound it seemed. He felt that he was on the verge of understanding it but couldn’t grasp the essence.

“I can’t rush,”

Meng Chong took a deep breath, calming his anxious heart.

Li Xuan had paid attention to Meng Chong for a few days and felt no need to continue. With Meng Chong’s talent, he would surely gain some insight.

Suddenly, feedback from the Golden Finger emerged.

“Your disciple Xu Yan has comprehended the Sword Intent of Mountains and Rivers; your own mastery over it is now complete!”

A reverberating sound!

Images of Sword Intent emerged in his mind—it was as if he was born with it.

Sword Intent of Mountains and Rivers!

Li Xuan was overjoyed, “What an excellent disciple! He has already comprehended Sword Intent even before breaking through the Innate Realm. Truly a budding sword deity!”

His martial journey took another significant step forward.

In that moment, an indescribable aura shrouded the courtyard. It was as if mountains and rivers were all contained within the courtyard, relentless and insidiously ruthless.

Shi’er, who was in the middle of his practice, suddenly felt as if he had entered a world of mountains and rivers.

He felt so insignificant.

The mountains and rivers seemed ruthless, as if they could bury all life, including him.

“What’s going on?”

Shi’er was shocked.

“I must break free!”

He wanted to struggle, but he was unable to move. Finally, he clenched his teeth, continued his Cultivation Technique, and refined his bones.

“I need to become stronger. The faster 1 become stronger, the quicker I can escape from this place!”

With such conviction in his heart, Shi’er fiercely refined his bones.

In his daze, it seemed as if he was being eroded by mountains and rivers, yet his unwavering resistance quickened his bone refining pace, gradually slowing down the pace of erosion.

Overjoyed, he redoubled his efforts in his training.

Li Xuan silently glanced at Shi’er. He had merely manifested the Sword Intent of Mountains and Rivers and, despite this slight pressure, Shi’er’s bone refining speed had greatly increased.

“Sword Intent can be used to refine oneself, from the physical body to the spirit.”

Li Xuan fell into deep thought.

When Xu Yan returned, he’d remind his disciple to continue appreciating the uses of Sword Intent.

When Shi’er snapped out from the state of being enveloped by mountains and rivers, he was astonished to find that his bones had been refined to the level of copper!

Unconsciously, in such a short period of time, he had completed the iron bone refinement.

In that moment, he understood something.

“My deepest gratitude to you, Master!”

In respect, he bowed to Li Xuan.

“Yes, keep up with your training and strive to reach higher,”

Li Xuan nodded in response.

Xu Yan returned.

“Master!”

Xu Yan respectfully saluted.

“Good! Very good! My boy, you have comprehended Sword Intent before your breakthrough. My efforts were not in vain!”

Li Xuan looked at him with a gratified expression.

“Indeed! Master has been setting the foundation for my understanding of Sword Intent from the very beginning,”

Upon hearing this, Xu Yan was deeply moved.

“Thank you, Master!”

“My boy, Sword Intent is mysterious and can refine oneself. It’s not only used just to defeat the enemy. You should contemplate on it more,”

Li Xuan seriously advised.

“Yes, Master,”

Xu Yan contemplated deeply, not yet fully understanding the essence of Sword Intent.

Master is reminding him that Sword Intent is not just used for combat!

“It’s time for you to break through to the Innate Realm,”

“Master, I should be able to make the breakthrough in a few days,”

“Go on, take some time to prepare. Only by breaking through to the Innate Realm can you truly be considered above the mundane world. Only then will you have truly embarked on the martial path.

“The Qi and Blood Realm merely means you have pushed open the door to the martial path,”

Li Xuan spoke in a serious tone.

“I understand, Master!”

Xu Yan bowed deeply.

Outside Yunshan County, Meng Chong was still walking the Eight Diagrams, seeking to comprehend the profound principles within, immersing himself in the understanding of the movement technique.

The figure of Xu Yan appeared, observing Meng Chong in the middle of practicing the Eight Diagrams and feeling a sense of surprise.

“Disciple’s understanding of the Eight Diagrams seems different from mine? Could it be, has the disciple comprehended it wrongly?

No! If the disciple’s comprehension was incorrect, the Master would have surely corrected it.”

Thinking like this, Xu Yan could not help but fall into contemplation.

“The profound principles of the Eight Diagrams vary for each individual.

Perhaps we can verify with each other, leading to more insights.”

Meng Chong stopped in his tracks, happily saying: “Brother, you’re back.”

“Disciple, are you in the middle of comprehending the movement technique?”

“Yes, but the disciple is slow-witted, I have not yet fully understood!”

Meng Chong rubbed his bald head showing a somewhat embarrassed look.

“There’s no hurry in comprehending the cultivation technique, the essence of the Eight Diagrams is diverse in its complexity. After 1 break through to the Innate Realm, let’s discuss and share our insights, I am sure there will be unique gains for both of us.”

Xu Yan patted Meng Chong’s shoulder as he spoke these words.

“Alright!”

Meng Chong nodded in approval.

After exchanging some pleasantries with Meng Chong, Xu Yan left the forest and arrived at a nearby hillside.

He sat down cross-legged, calming his mind.

Preparing for the breakthrough to the Innate Realm.

He had already comprehended the needed cultivation techniques of the Innate Realm.

The breakthrough is not the issue.

Three days later.

Xu Yan took a deep breath, began to circulate qi and blood, continuously refining them. As the qi and blood are being refined, the jade bone started to shimmer.

“Qi and blood are refined into Innate True Qi, connecting the bridge between heaven and earth, articulating and pulling in nature’s spiritual energy, developing the qi sea in the Dantian…”

Xu Yan mobilized his Qi and blood, while refining them he was also building the bridge between heaven and earth. The rumbling sound resonated within his body.

A peculiar feeling emerged in his mind.

Intuition told him that once the bridge between heaven and earth was established, he could then sense and cultivate nature’s spiritual energy.

Rumble!

The celestial bridge was gradually being established by the assaulting Qi and blood, and it seemed as if a grand avenue that was glowing from within was taking shape inside his body.

“Is this the celestial bridge? The connection between self and the universe?”

Xu Yan was excited.

Rumble!

The Qi and blood continued to assault the Celestial Bridge, slowly opening bit by bit. However, the process was not rapid. With the gradual establishment of the Celestial Bridge, the Qi and blood continued to refine, starting to show signs of transformation.

The whole body’s jade bone was glowing at this moment.

“The Master said, Sword Intent could refine self, not just for combatting enemies…”

Xu Yan suddenly remembered the Master’s words.

As he moved his thoughts, Sword Intent surfaced.

“The Sword Intent integrates with Qi and blood, penetrating the Celestial

Bridge, fusing into the jade bone…”

In Xu Yan’s body, the Riverside Sword Intent was flowing. As the Sword Intent entered the Qi and blood, something seemed to be transforming in an instant.

On the flawless jade bone, with the flowing of Sword Intent, intricate patterns were gradually emerging. The delicate and flawless patterns seemingly depicted a riverside landscape.

Immersed in the breakthrough, Xu Yan circulated the Sword Intent, refining the Qi and blood, connecting the celestial bridge, not knowing about the particular transformation happening to his body.

Rumble!

After integrating the Sword Intent into Qi and blood, the speed of opening the Celestial Bridge seemed to increase gradually.

The Celestial Bridge was showing the illusion of a sword.

At a certain moment, Xu Yan had a flash of inspiration: “The Sword Intent is combined with Qi and blood, then if I use Qi and blood to refine the Descending Dragon Palm in order to penetrate the Celestial Bridge, wouldn’t it be faster?”

With the thought, he acted upon it.

Rumble!

The Qi and blood suddenly transformed into a giant dragon. As it roared, it constantly attacked the Celestial Bridge. With the giant dragon penetrating the Celestial Bridge, slowly, a dragon shape seemed to appear on the Celestial Bridge.

It’s as if a giant dragon was coiled up on the Celestial Bridge!

The Sword Intent fused with Qi and blood, and the Qi and blood transformed into a giant dragon. At this moment, it seemed that some kind of change occurred in Descending Dragon Palm.

Some enlightenment emerged in Xu Yan’s mind.

Rumble!

The Celestial Bridge was constantly penetrating, getting bigger and wider.

The Qi and blood gradually assumed the form of the Innate True Qi. In its purity, it contained a tremendous force, like the might of a True Dragon.

Also, it held a sharp and relentless edge, as enduring as rivers and mountains.

The jade bone shined, and the rivers and mountains painted on the flawless jade bone exhibited the image of unblemished landscape.

At a certain moment, it seemed like a dragon’s chant echoed in his body. The giant dragon was coiled around his body, disappearing into his jade bone as if a true dragon were hiding between the rivers and mountains.

The celestial bridge was completely connected at this moment.

Rumble!

The Qi and blood underwent a sudden transformation and turned into the Innate True Qi.

At this moment, Xu Yan only felt that his sense had transformed, as if the heaven and earth had suddenly become clearer.

As if he himself had integrated into the heaven and earth.

He sensed the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth.

The vigorous spiritual energy, undulating under his influence, surged in through the Celestial Bridge, pouring into the Dantian Qi sea.

Rumble!

The Dantian shook, as if exploding heaven and earth, under the impact of spiritual energy, the nascent Dantian Qi sea began to take shape..