Divine Firmament Sword Control Art

Several days later.

Inside the cave dwelling, Lu Yang sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, forming a hand seal with his right hand. A speck of spiritual light gathered at his fingertips before finally becoming a White Bone Flying Sword as thin as a cicada's wing.

The sword was bluish-white, and when it rang, it resounded like thunder.

"Go!"

With a flick of his finger, Lu Yang sent the White Bone Flying Sword shooting forth as a magnificent Bolt of Silk several zhang long. The Sword Light howled as though Heavenly Thunder were rolling across the sky!

"What a fine Sword Art!"

At the sight, delight immediately surfaced on Lu Yang's face. He then changed his Sword Art, and the White Bone Flying Sword instantly split into two in midair.

The next moment, Lu Yang vanished from where he stood. As if he had teleported, he appeared directly where one of the Sword Lights was. With another change in the Sword Art in his hand, his body seemed to become a bolt of lightning, freely darting back and forth between the two Sword Lights.

Only after a long while did Lu Yang stop, his face full of excitement.

"Good! What a Divine Firmament Sword Control Art!"

This Sword Art was actually quite simple. Once cultivated to mastery, it allowed the practitioner to split off Sword Lights, then instantly move into those separated Sword Lights.

The higher one's Dharma Power, the farther one could travel.

If the sect master of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion personally acted, he could even sit within the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion and teleport ten thousand li with a single sword stroke, taking an enemy's head amidst laughter and conversation.

And that was merely the Sword Art's most basic transformation.

It was said that at higher levels, one could truly manifest the might of Divine Firmament Thunder through Sword Light. Unfortunately, that portion of the Cultivation Method was beyond Lu Yang's reach.

It was not that he could not Plunder it, but that Yun Miaoqing herself did not know it either.

That was only natural. After all, if it were the complete "Divine Firmament Sword Control Art," a mere 1,000 Contribution Points certainly would not have been enough to purchase it. 10,000 would have been more like it.

"Hmph, unbearably stupid!"

A cold sneer came from behind him. Lu Yang turned around and saw the woman from the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion glaring at him with disgust, contempt, and disdain.

After spending many days together, Lu Yang had come to understand her rather well.

The woman was named Yun Miaoqing. She was an inner disciple of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, a student of Master Divine Firmament who specialized in the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art. She had once possessed cultivation at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Lu Yang looked at Yun Miaoqing curiously. "Did I use the Sword Art incorrectly?"

Yun Miaoqing turned her head away at his words. "You think I would tell you? Demon, even if you stole my Sword Art, you are only drawing a tiger by copying a cat!"

"Why bother?"

Lu Yang shook his head and walked over to Yun Miaoqing, helplessness written across his face. "Are you sure you do not intend to tell me? Or are you going to force me to use that again?"

"That..."

A flush immediately spread across Yun Miaoqing's delicate, lovely face. Her beautiful eyes grew hazy for an instant before she quickly came to her senses and fixed Lu Yang with a hateful stare.

"Is it not just that demonic art? Do you think I will submit?"

"Though you say that, you already submitted once." Lu Yang pointed to the crest on Yun Miaoqing's chest. "Surely you have not forgotten?"

"You are talking nonsense!"

Looking at the mark on her body, Yun Miaoqing pursed her lips in humiliation. "That time, you merely took advantage of my weakness!"

After saying that, she clenched the pendant around her neck.

It was an exquisitely crafted little white-jade sword, a Dharma Sword that only Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion disciples could possess. Its function was the same as Lu Yang's disciple Token.

"I am a disciple of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion. I will never coexist under the same sky as the demonic path, and that will never change!"

"No matter how powerful your demonic art may be, the human heart will not change because of the temptations of such crooked and evil ways."

"My Loyalty! Devotion! to the Sword Pavilion will never waver either."

"I swear upon my Dharma Sword!"

Once she finished speaking, Yun Miaoqing clenched her silver teeth and looked at Lu Yang with unwavering determination, like a pure Lotus trapped deep in the mud yet untouched by a speck of dust.

Another day later.

Inside the cave dwelling, Lu Yang sat cross-legged on his meditation cushion, his five centers facing Heaven.

Only after a long while did Lu Yang heavily exhale a breath of turbid air. At the same time, Yun Miaoqing lifted her swan-like fair neck and let out a lingering sigh.

"You have actually already mastered the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art quite proficiently. There are no major problems. Even if there are, they lie with external objects."

Yun Miaoqing said weakly, her face crimson.

Under Lu Yang's ruthless interrogation, she ultimately begged for mercy. When Lu Yang questioned her again, she merely snorted before obediently saying:

"Once our Sword Pavilion disciples enter the Qi Refining realm, we use the sect's secret method to take objects of Gold Essence and refine them with various external medicines into a Sword Pellet. Every sword technique in the Sword Pavilion requires a Sword Pellet to unleash its full power. The higher the Sword Pellet's quality, the greater the sword technique's might."

Only after Yun Miaoqing's explanation did Lu Yang understand.

Now that he cultivated the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art, he could only split off two Sword Lights, and their effect was limited to teleportation. His speed was fast, but his offensive power was lacking.

However, once he had the support of a Sword Pellet, the number of Sword Lights Lu Yang could split off would at least double.

At the same time, he could merge himself with the Sword Pellet and unleash astonishing slashes while darting through the Sword Lights. In battle against other cultivators, he would hold every advantage.

In a frontal fight, Lu Yang only needed to control the Sword Pellet and split Sword Lights throughout the surrounding area. Once his opponent was encircled by Sword Light, it would be like falling into his jar.

Afterward, no matter what methods the opponent used, he could easily evade them before attacking from another direction, exhausting them with the need to parry. After several rounds of such tugging and pulling, the opponent would naturally reveal a fatal opening. Then, with one all-out slash, they would basically be doomed.

"That is why we Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion disciples are number one in Jiangnan when it comes to fighting!"

As she said this, pride immediately appeared on Yun Miaoqing's face.

Yet the next instant, as Lu Yang suddenly moved with force, the pride on her face instantly vanished. A flush surfaced, and she could not help letting out a soft nasal sound.

Yun Miaoqing kept her beautiful eyes tightly shut and silently waited for a moment, only to discover that Lu Yang had stopped moving again. She shifted restlessly before opening her eyes. "Demon, you..."

Lu Yang stood up and put on his clothes. "So the issue was the Sword Pellet. I know the refinement method now as well. Mm, there is nothing more for you to do. Go rest."

Yun Miaoqing: "???"

Abruptly separated from him, the only emotion left on Yun Miaoqing's face was bewilderment. No way... this was over already? What about Plunder? The next moment, she suddenly came back to herself and instinctively gripped the Dharma Sword around her neck. "No, this is good. I am a disciple of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion..."

"I need to earn Money."

After leaving the cave dwelling, Lu Yang began to think about the future.

"I only have 50 Contribution Points now. Once 30 points for this month's cave dwelling rent are deducted, if I do not make Money, I will have to move back into Joyous Union Hall next month."

Within the First Saint Sect, there were many ways to earn Contribution Points.

They included, but were not limited to, salaries from holding positions at various levels within the sect, selling personal belongings, rewards for completing bounties, and sect missions.

"But for a disciple like me, with no backer, no assets, and no strength—the three noes—I have no connections to get a sect position, most of my belongings are worthless, and I lack the ability to complete high-priced bounties. I can only choose sect missions and do some work for the sect to barely keep myself alive."

The more Lu Yang thought about it, the angrier he became.

I have already become an Immortal cultivator, and I still have to work?