Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique Advances to Realm 3, Mastery! (Please Keep Reading)

The sword intent was like a dragon. Zhong Ming's strike had been powerful, but it had also taken a heavy toll on his mind and energy.

It took him a full quarter of an hour to recover from his exhausted state.

Then, without wasting a moment, Zhong Ming closed his eyes and began brewing his emotions, trying to recreate that stunning strike.

"Within three feet, all men are enemies of the state..."

"With me, none can stand undefeated..."

"Everything beneath heaven and earth can be cleaved by my sword..."

All kinds of wild, unrestrained thoughts kept brewing within Zhong Ming's heart.

Yet after imagining it for a long while, when Zhong Ming finally drew his sword and struck, the slash he produced was utterly ordinary.

"...That strike truly isn't so easy to recreate."

After that, Zhong Ming kept experimenting.

But no matter what he did, he could not return his state of mind to what it had been before.

"The unrestrained wildness from the depths of my heart, and that bold spirit to cut down everything... that feeling is hard to recreate. There are still too many reservations in my heart..."

Zhong Ming was an adult, not a child. Once he had sobered up, he instinctively understood that he was not strong. Let alone being an enemy to all under heaven, even an early Qi Condensation cultivator could easily pin him to the ground.

That clear understanding made it impossible for the heroic spirit in Zhong Ming's heart to reappear.

"Should I use some crooked method, like self-hypnosis, or... drinking?"

Wine emboldened cowards. Once drunk, people did indeed become more bold and unrestrained.

But in the end, he still gave up on such crooked methods.

"Forget it. Getting drunk makes it easy to get carried away and cause trouble... Even without stirring the Dragon Flood Resonance, if I cultivate step by step, my progress won't be slow."

Knowing that force would not do, Zhong Ming stopped wasting time and began training his sword drawing according to his original method.

However, unwilling to accept it, Zhong Ming added another step whenever he assumed the sword-drawing stance.

"I am the strongest person. My sword can sever and cleave apart everything in this world..."

A drunken state easily made people lose their minds, and Zhong Ming was unwilling to do that.

But self-hypnosis was something he was prepared to try.

Clang!

And so, time slowly passed amid Zhong Ming's training.

While hypnotizing himself that he was the strongest person, Zhong Ming focused on what lay before him, drawing his sword to slash at pebbles.

One strike, two strikes, three strikes, four strikes...

With Snow Jade Paste, Zhong Ming trained even later than he had the day before.

In the end, at around one in the morning, the utterly exhausted Zhong Ming and Dong Hai returned to the stone house to rest.

"Only three hundred points left. Tomorrow morning, I'll be able to push Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique completely into Realm 3."

"And then, I'll gain a new trait."

"I hope it'll be useful..."

Amid anticipation and muttered words, Zhong Ming fell into a deep sleep.

Though he had gone to bed late, with Snow Jade Paste helping him, Zhong Ming actually woke even earlier than the day before.

After arriving at the training ground with Dong Hai, Zhong Ming felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

"Today is the third day of cultivation. More than half the time has already passed. If I want to be rated Class A, I only have four days left."

Over the past three days, Zhong Ming had actually spent little time cultivating mana.

His Qi Sea Acupoint had not made much progress either.

What frustrated him even more was that this situation was difficult to change.

Their fragile meridians in the early stages meant that everyone on Dragon Stream Peak could cultivate only a very limited number of times.

To open the Qi Sea Acupoint within such limited time, that kind of talent is undoubtedly exceptional. Dragon Stream Peak's method of selecting outstanding disciples does make some sense, but if this continues, there's absolutely no way I'll be rated Class A.

Having thought this through, Zhong Ming did not cultivate mana that morning. Instead, he called Dong Hai over and had him assist with his Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique training.

"I'll grind this sword technique up to Realm 3 first. If the trait after Realm 3 isn't suitable, then I'll study like my life depends on it."

"Training now? Got it."

Dong Hai naturally did not refuse Zhong Ming's request.

And so, while the others cultivated their methods, Zhong Ming and Dong Hai went off to one side and practiced swordsmanship.

"Splash, splash..."

Clang!

Pebbles flew over one after another, only to be cut down by Zhong Ming's sword.

Naturally, Zhong Ming kept hypnotizing himself as he trained.

"I am the strongest person. My sword can sever and cleave apart everything in this world..."

Though this hypnosis was useless, it had already become Zhong Ming's habit, and it did not affect his training in the slightest.

Because of that, Zhong Ming simply let it be.

In fact, as he focused on training and gradually entered the zone, he even forgot about it.

Then, at the moment Zhong Ming had forgotten about it and was muttering those words instinctively, his prolonged self-hypnosis truly gave him, for an instant, the illusion that he could cut through everything.

"Hum..."

That illusion stirred the Dragon Flood Resonance, and a sharp, majestic aura suddenly surged from Zhong Ming's body.

Unfortunately, self-hypnosis could never compare to yesterday's flash of inspiration.

The instant that feeling arose, Zhong Ming realized something.

"It's here!"

But before his joy could fully surface, the Dragon Flood Resonance faded away.

"..."

Clang!

In the end, Zhong Ming still failed to unleash that dragon-like sword intent from yesterday.

However, although he had not produced that stunning strike, the Dragon Flood Resonance enveloping him still increased the progress of his Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique by another 33 points.

More importantly, Zhong Ming had already trained for the time it took an incense stick to burn that morning.

His Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique had not been far from Realm 3 to begin with. After releasing that incomplete strike, its progress finally reached Realm 3, Mastery, as he had wished.

"Hum..."

Just as before, the instant he advanced, Zhong Ming entered a brief state of enlightenment.

At that moment, Zhong Ming discovered that he had comprehended the true meaning of winding streams, understood water's ability to seep through every opening, and grasped the principle that water had no fixed form, and thus possessed ten thousand forms.

As Zhong Ming gained this understanding, the information for Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique on his status panel also changed.

Skill Traits: Quick Reflexes, Water Flow

"Success!"

"Phew..."

Only after taking several deep breaths did he calm his emotions.

Then, the first thing Zhong Ming sensed was not the true meaning of Water Flow, but how the Realm 3 Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique was supposed to be cultivated further.

After sensing it for a while, bitterness appeared on his face.

"No wonder they say the Fundamental Cultivation Method is the root. If Dragon Creek Breathing Technique doesn't advance, my Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique can only stop at Realm 3."

"Even with Heaven Rewards Diligence, I can't cultivate it."

It emphasized using the explosive force at the instant of drawing the sword to launch a surprise attack. This skill paid no heed at all to the follow-up moves after the sword was drawn, pursuing a single sword born, a single sword dead.

Yet at Realm 3, Mastery, this sword technique had comprehended the resonance of Water Flow. That seemed somewhat at odds with the sword technique's general principles.

But that was not the case.

Water's resonance was not only softness; it also possessed hardness.

When boundless floods and endless waves swept forth, nothing beneath heaven could withstand them.

And the Water Flow of Dragon Stream - Sword Drawing Technique at Realm 3 was also preparation for the hardness of Realm 4.

As everyone knew, the greater the flow of water, the stronger its force; the faster its speed... only then could it unleash greater power when it struck.

The Water Flow of Realm 3 was about building momentum.

The complete cultivation process for this realm was to use the Dragon Creek Breathing Technique to make the mana within one's body circulate at high speed like flowing water.

The rapidly circulating mana would continuously stack potential energy within Zhong Ming's body.

And once that potential energy was accumulated to its limit, when Zhong Ming drew his sword, that strike would surely contain all of his strength—a heaven-shattering, stone-breaking blow.

Zhong Ming understood both the cultivation process and its principles.

But unfortunately, he currently had—almost no mana at all!

Making mana circulate through his body even once, let alone at high speed, was nothing but a fantasy.

And since he could not even complete one proper cultivation cycle, Zhong Ming could not gain experience no matter that he had Heaven Rewards Diligence.

"The Water Flow trait can help my Dragon Creek Breathing Technique!"

Thinking of this, Zhong Ming opened his eyes and called out to Dong Hai.

"Dong Hai, stop for a moment. My sword technique training is temporarily over. Let's go cultivate mana."

"And thanks."

Dong Hai said, "No need, Boss. Just don't forget me when you're rated Class B."

"Haha, I won't. I'm not an ungrateful person."

Having achieved his main goal, Zhong Ming was in quite a good mood.

After reassuring Dong Hai, he ran off to one side and began cultivating the Fundamental Cultivation Method, Dragon Creek Breathing Technique.

But unlike before, Zhong Ming now had a long sword in his arms as he cultivated.

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