Hidden Martial Pavilion, Wind Riding Sword Art

In the deep winter night, the wind came with some urgency.

Chen Qinglin lay on the rooftop, quietly feeling the chill the wind brought.

Gazing at the two moons in the night sky, he wondered if this world was a planet, and whether those two moons were its near-earth satellites, orbiting around it.

Today he had formally taken a master and met several senior brothers and senior sisters. With Senior Sister Ling Ling's help, he also got to know Su Yuexing and Senior Sister Chang Yan, and delivered Master Xie Feng's letter into Xie Jingyun's hands—at least he hadn't let expectations down.

Tomorrow he would go to the Hidden Martial Pavilion. Now that he had broken through to the Inner Qi Realm, it was time to find a new cultivation art.

The next day, Chen Qinglin first went to find his master, Fu Shenxing, and told him of his intention to go to the Hidden Martial Pavilion to choose a cultivation art and martial skill.

Outer Sect Disciples could freely pick one art from the first floor of the Hidden Martial Tower, while Inner Disciples could pick two from the first and second floors. He planned to claim them all at once this time.

Fu Shenxing listened, was silent for a moment, then said to Chen Qinglin, "Qingyun Peak has its unique arts—the Qingyun Art and the Qingyun Sword Art. Unfortunately, the art can only be cultivated by true disciples and the Peak Lord's lineage. The Qingyun Sword Art, however, can be cultivated by any Qingyun Peak Disciple. You should first go to the Hidden Martial Pavilion and look at arts other than sword arts."

"The art your master cultivates was also obtained from the Hidden Martial Pavilion. However, I did acquire a Light Body Step from outside in my early years, which I can pass on to you."

"Go to the Hidden Martial Pavilion first and take a look. This master's Light Body art is mainly for travel speed; it's not very adept at the dodging and shifting needed in combat."

"Yes, Master. Your disciple will go take a look first, then decide on which art to cultivate," Chen Qinglin said solemnly.

His talent was not some kind of add-points panel—it was merely an ordinary Proficiency Panel.

It required him to constantly train hard and diligently to make progress.

Because of this, Chen Qinglin had no intention of learning a pile of arts in the early stage.

Only by focusing on one thing.

Only by specializing could he increase his cultivation speed faster.

He had not yet reached the level where he could absorb all martial arts and achieve mastery in each.

Cultivating every art would only drag down his progress.

He would first cultivate his main art to a profound level, then, standing on that high ground, he could quickly cultivate the rest.

For example, after mastering the Iron Sword Sword Art, he could quickly pick up any Mortal Grade sword art and reach a deep level in a short time.

All methods return to one—martial arts share common principles.

After comprehending Wind Intent, he felt that cultivating wind-attribute arts would grant him a bonus.

The Hidden Martial Pavilion had four floors. Inner Disciples could enter the first and second floors to exchange for martial arts.

Disciples came and went—some were new disciples coming to claim their arts, others were disciples and stewards who had worked hard on missions and accumulated enough Merit Points to exchange for arts.

Entering the Hidden Martial Pavilion, an old man was lying at the exit of the first floor.

He only moved to register when a disciple brought an art to him.

When Chen Qinglin went in, the old man glanced at him, then ignored him.

The interior of the pavilion was very spacious, filled with shelves holding cultivation arts. A faint white light enveloped each art, and many disciples were searching among them for the art that suited them.

Chen Qinglin also joined the crowd in searching for an art.

[Stone Splitting Fist: Human Grade Low-Rank Fist Art, explosive fist techniques, heavy and forceful...]

[Life Taking Sword Art: Human Grade Low-Rank Swordplay, dangerous moves, tricky and bizarre...]

[Divine Wind Leg: Human Grade Low-Rank Leg Art, agile dodging, extremely fast...]

The sheer number of arts dazzled Chen Qinglin. After making a round, he went up to the second floor.

Using his disciple Jade Token to open the second floor's formation, he found that there were noticeably fewer people here.

Chen Qinglin went in and examined the arts one by one. Most here were Human Grade Mid-Rank arts.

Originally, Chen Qinglin had wanted to see if he could find any arts among these that were immensely powerful but difficult to cultivate.

After searching around, he couldn't say he found nothing—he could only say he found nothing at all. It seemed he wasn't the protagonist type.

He sighed and set a goal in his mind.

The signature arts of each peak's inner disciples—sword, fist, blade, palm techniques—were all Human Grade Mid-Rank, no different from what was in the second floor of the Hidden Martial Tower.

But Chen Qinglin wanted to prove his conjecture, so he sought a wind-attribute sword art to cultivate. He had also wanted a wind-attribute cultivation art, but then he saw one that was more suitable.

[Origin Returning Art: Human Grade Mid-Rank Art, no attribute, true qi pure and abundant...]

This art had no attribute bonus, but it had one characteristic: the true qi cultivated through it was pure and plentiful in quantity.

Many disciples also chose this art, but among Human Grade Mid-Rank arts, its cultivation difficulty was also at the top.

For sword arts, he looked at [Wind Chasing Sword Art] and [Wind Riding Sword Art], and in the end, he took out [Wind Riding Sword Art].

[Wind Chasing Sword Art] had incredibly fast sword moves, each strike faster than the last, defeating enemies with overwhelming speed.

[Wind Riding Sword Art] commanded the power of wind, its sword moves able to change infinitely with the wind's force.

After taking out the sword art and reading through it, Chen Qinglin marveled at the ingenuity of the person who created it.

At first glance, this sword art had no special features—it was just an ordinary Human Grade Mid-Rank sword art. But if the person practicing it were fortunate enough to comprehend Wind Intent, then, as he speculated, its power could be infinitely elevated.

It seems that martial arts senior had great expectations for this sword art. I wonder if he had comprehended Wind Intent back then.

He must have at least touched the edge of Wind Intent. Based on the description, when he used this sword art at that time, it was already comparable to weaker Human Tier High Grade sword arts, and among Human Tier Mid Grade sword arts, it was top-tier.

Taking [Origin Returning Art] and [Wind Riding Sword Art], he went downstairs and also picked up [Divine Wind Leg], handing them to the old man for registration. The old man showed no particular expression—perhaps these techniques were commonly practiced.

"Return in one month!" the old man said flatly, then let him leave.

With the techniques in hand, Chen Qinglin was somewhat impatient and hurried back to Qingyun Peak.

Fu Shenxing glanced at the techniques he had chosen, said nothing more, and passed him a set of [Moon Treading Steps], instructing him to practice diligently before leaving.

Chen Qinglin returned to the monotonous life of martial training. Aside from Senior Sister Ling Ling occasionally visiting him, the other senior brothers and sisters were either away or busy with their own matters.

For a time, Chen Qinglin and this small courtyard seemed forgotten. Most disciples on the peak didn't even know someone like him existed.

And Chen Qinglin welcomed the quiet, living each day according to his own rhythm.

He felt no trace of loneliness or solitude.

It was already deep winter, with white snow covering the entire green mountain. As for natural seasonal phenomena, Qingyun Peak naturally didn't block the falling snow—it benefited disciples practicing techniques of this nature.

This was a scene of heaven and earth, and it also aided advanced martial artists.

Under the vast expanse of white snow, a figure in blue was practicing swordplay amidst the snow. As his form flowed, a certain artistic conception was hidden within.

Looking closer, it was Chen Qinglin practicing the [Wind Riding Sword Art].

This sword art was exactly as he had sensed—he was making rapid progress in it.

Even his progress in [Divine Wind Leg] was astonishing.

He opened the panel to check:

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