"Next, I should also start cultivating one or two martial techniques."
Taking stock of his greatly increased strength,
Yang Qingyun thought to himself.
Before this, Yang Qingyun had never actually cultivated any martial techniques. Instead, he had relied on the combat skills and experience from his Previous Life to fight his enemies.
Firstly, he had been under pressure from the Black Wind Bandits, and time had been tight, leaving him no chance to cultivate martial techniques.
Secondly, when he had just entered the Entry Realm, his own Qi and Blood had been unable to support the expenditure of many martial techniques.
For him back then,
increasing his Qi and Blood and raising his Martial Path Realm had instead brought a greater boost to his combat power!
But now,
his cultivation realm had already reached the mid-Entry Realm. His Qi and Blood were more than twenty or thirty times stronger than in his Previous Life, so he no longer had to worry about the awkward situation of completely exhausting his Qi and Blood after using a martial technique once or twice in battle.
"I need a saber technique and a movement technique to strengthen my own power."
Yang Qingyun secretly calculated.
Cultivating martial techniques was no simple matter.
Their existence was not merely a matter of completing muscle memory.
Martial techniques were tools that could maximize the power of a martial artist's Qi and Blood. To master a martial technique, one had to open the corresponding acupoints, then stimulate the power of Qi and Blood through those acupoints to produce destructive power surpassing the martial artist's own abilities!
That was a true martial technique!
For this reason, to a martial artist, a martial technique was like a weapon to an adult—a means of amplifying their combat power!
It could unleash the might of a martial artist's Qi and Blood to the fullest!
"Let me see which martial techniques are most suitable for me to cultivate at this stage."
Yang Qingyun closed his eyes.
The many methods he had mastered in his Previous Life surfaced one after another in his memories.
After a quarter of an hour, he finally set his sights on a saber technique and a movement technique.
Intermediate saber martial technique—
Six Harmonies Saber,
advanced movement martial technique—
Bewildering Steps!
The Six Harmonies Saber used the four cardinal directions and six corners, and was somewhat plain and unremarkable.
Although the saber technique combined orthodox and unorthodox moves and possessed both offense and defense, as the saying went, when one pursued excellence in everything, one excelled at nothing.
Seeking compatibility between orthodox and unorthodox moves, as well as offense and defense, naturally meant that it lacked any particularly outstanding advantage and had no killing move capable of deciding everything with a single strike.
The martial technique itself could only be called mediocre.
However,
the shortcomings of the Six Harmonies Saber were shortcomings for other people, but that might not be the case for Yang Qingyun.
"In my Previous Life, after cultivating the Drawing Sword Technique and training a saber speed as fast as lightning, I fell into confusion for a long time. Even after obtaining many other saber techniques later, I still couldn't find a way forward."
"It was only when the Six Harmonies Saber appeared that everything changed."
Yang Qingyun caressed the long saber in his hand, a trace of remembrance flashing through his eyes.
Precisely because it was mediocre, the Six Harmonies Saber had no glaring weaknesses. Its balance in every aspect allowed it to bear even greater expansions and transformations built upon its foundation!
Back then, after obtaining this ordinary Six Harmonies Saber, he had not paid it much attention. It was only through a twist of fate that he later cultivated it.
It was also then
that Yang Qingyun discovered that because the Six Harmonies Saber had no weaknesses in any aspect, it possessed an extremely stable foundation that almost perfectly suited his lightning-fast saber speed!
After that, Yang Qingyun integrated the lightning-like saber techniques he had painstakingly trained into the Six Harmonies Saber.
His strength then advanced by leaps and bounds!
Later, he used it as a foundation, absorbed the essence of many other saber martial techniques, and incorporated his own insights, as well as the various knowledge and skills from his Previous Life.
In the end, he gathered the great achievements of all saber techniques,
earning himself the title of a first-rate master of the Lightning Blade!
"My path in saber techniques in my Previous Life was not wrong to begin with. It was only because my body held me back that my saber path remained at the pinnacle of technique, preventing me from advancing further and nurturing a Blade Heart."
"Now that I've been given another life, I want the peak power of my Previous Life, and I also want the power to advance even further along the saber path!"
Sharp rays of confidence flashed in Yang Qingyun's eyes.
As one of the saber techniques he had mastered and understood most deeply in his Previous Life, no other saber martial technique could be more suitable for Yang Qingyun now.
He had already seen the road ahead.
In his hands, the Six Harmonies Saber would only unleash power far greater than it had in his Previous Life!
Compared to the mediocrity of the Six Harmonies Saber, Bewildering Steps was extraordinary.
It was not only an extremely rare advanced movement martial technique,
but also an exceptionally formidable method. Below the Blood Changing Realm, any martial artist who successfully cultivated it would become a powerhouse among those of the same rank!
Not only that,
Bewildering Steps was also a portion split off from a human-tier high-grade movement martial technique!
Once Yang Qingyun reached the Blood Changing Realm and was able to project his Qi and Blood, he could use it as a foundation, open several joints, and directly cultivate the human-tier high-grade martial technique Phantom Illusory Steps!
"As long as I master these two martial techniques, my strength will rise another great step!"
"What's more, during the process of cultivating martial techniques, I can constantly temper my body, meridians, and flesh through the cycle of repeatedly expending and recovering Qi and Blood. This will not only make my cultivation progress more solid, but also accelerate the advancement of my Martial Path Realm!"
"There is still some of the hundred-year Blood Lingzhi and three-hundred-year Fo-ti used to refine Qi Strengthening Pills. There should be enough left to refine three more portions. Together with various medicinal ingredients and salves for assistance, by the time I finish cultivating these two martial techniques, my Martial Path Realm should be close to the peak of the mid-Entry Realm."
"This kind of cultivation requires a large amount of pills or medicinal materials to replenish and support my Qi and Blood. Fortunately, I'm not short of money or medicinal materials, so naturally I'm not short of pills and supplements to replenish my Qi and Blood!"
The corners of Yang Qingyun's lips lifted slightly, revealing a trace of a smile.
"Work hard! Strive!"
After resting for only a short while,
Yang Qingyun threw himself into arduous cultivation.
At the same time that Yang Qingyun was working hard at his cultivation,
several pigeons flew out of the Black Tiger Gang's headquarters, and several people left as well.
News of Yang Qingyun's exploits at Black Wind Stronghold began to spread, while he himself became shrouded in mystery in the eyes of the town's residents because he never left his home.
During this process, the reputation of Weilong Martial Arts School, which had made an appearance on Black Wind Mountain, grew increasingly resounding.
Many people were unable to meet Yang Qingyun, so they joined Weilong Martial Arts School instead, hoping to learn even a fraction of his skills.
Weilong Martial Arts School became livelier and livelier.
However, as the influence of Weilong Martial Arts School expanded, its conflicts with the Black Tiger Gang also grew more numerous. Fights broke out every few days.
A hidden current surged beneath Huangshi Town.
Yet none of this had anything to do with Yang Qingyun, who had secluded himself to work hard at cultivation.
For half a month straight,
he became hopelessly immersed in bitter cultivation,
and almost never appeared in public.
The rumors about him gradually faded away, and the people of the town seemed to have forgotten that such a person had ever existed.
On this day,
a tightly disciplined and fiercely imposing group set out from Bao'an County City and headed toward Huangshi Town.
The thirty-year-old man at the head of the group sat astride a tall horse, his back straight and his bearing spirited. Recalling the circumstances described in certain letters, he wore a faint look of disdain.
"It's been more than a year, and he still hasn't managed to open up the situation. Zhou Weilong truly is the worst of our entire cohort!"
"Forget it. I suppose this Hall Master will go clean up his mess for him!"
The man rode on horseback and spoke indifferently.
The group advanced slowly, raising a cloud of dust along the road behind them.
On the flag ahead,
the three characters "Sifang Society" were prominently displayed!
Strange.
The day I cut my previous new book, it had 900 collections. When this one opened, that number gradually dropped to 500.
But now, that abandoned new book has slowly climbed back to 900.
What's going on?
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