Su Changyu was a little dumbfounded.
He had casually carved a Sword Mark, and Ye Ping had actually comprehended Sword Moves from it?
Was Ye Ping bluffing him?
Was he taking advantage of the fact that Su Changyu had never practiced swordsmanship?
Su Changyu did not know what to say.
It was not that he did not believe Ye Ping, but that he did not believe himself.
He had merely carved a Sword Mark at random.
And Ye Ping had attained enlightenment into Sword Moves from it?
If Sword Moves could be comprehended so easily, what was the point of secret manuals and cultivation techniques?
Still, dumbfounded as he was, Su Changyu maintained his composure.
"Then how many Sword Moves did you comprehend from this Sword Mark?"
Su Changyu asked calmly.
"Reporting to Eldest Senior Brother, including just now, I attained enlightenment into a total of four hundred Sword Moves."
Ye Ping answered earnestly.
The moment he said that, Su Changyu laughed.
He laughed outright, skipping all formalities.
Before this, he had still somewhat believed Ye Ping, thinking that Ye Ping might truly possess some talent in the sword dao and could perhaps discern one or two moves.
But upon hearing that Ye Ping had attained enlightenment into four hundred Sword Moves, Su Changyu did not believe him at all.
No, he did not believe it in the slightest.
What he knew was the Four Thunder Sword Technique, and the Sword Mark he had carved could only yield the Four Thunder Sword Technique.
It was not entirely impossible for Ye Ping to comprehend the Four Thunder Sword Technique.
But that he had attained enlightenment into four hundred moves? Su Changyu truly did not believe it.
The Four Thunder Sword Technique.
It had been created by Daoist Siji, Qingzhou's foremost sword dao expert, after observing the thunder of the four seasons. It contained a total of one thousand four hundred and sixty Sword Moves.
Su Changyu had cultivated for ten years and only comprehended eighteen Sword Moves.
Ye Ping had comprehended four hundred Sword Moves in a single day?
Who the hell was Ning Dangning?
An ordinary Eldest Senior Brother?
Or a peerless sword dao genius?
Su Changyu did not believe it. He simply did not believe it at all.
But soon, Su Changyu frowned, feeling that things could not be this simple. Could it be that this junior brother wanted to compete with him for the throne of Qingyun Dao Sect's number one poser?
Ye Ping was also beginning to panic.
Su Changyu kept staring at him without saying a word, a faint cold smile in his eyes.
What did that mean?
Could it be that I attained enlightenment into too few moves, and Eldest Senior Brother thinks I'm trash?
Four hundred Sword Moves in one day should be quite a lot, right?
Oh, I understand. Eldest Senior Brother must have mastered at least several thousand, perhaps tens of thousands, of sword techniques. After he imprinted a Sword Mark, theoretically, anyone with even a little aptitude could deduce it to completion within a day.
Alas, I'm still too weak.
Ye Ping felt utterly depressed.
"Eldest Senior Brother, is it really that bad?"
Ye Ping's voice rang out again.
It snapped Su Changyu out of his endless inner grumbling.
Bad?
You attained enlightenment into the Four Thunder Sword Technique to a level infinitely close to major mastery and perfection in one day, and you call that bad?
Then should someone like me, who still had not even fully reached Initial Comprehension after ten years, just stop living?
Fine, Junior Brother. You were the one who started showing off.
Then do not blame your senior brother for exposing you.
Su Changyu was rather annoyed, feeling that Ye Ping had taken his act too far.
After some thought, Su Changyu had nothing more to say. He directly tossed out a longsword.
"Junior Brother, demonstrate the Sword Moves you attained enlightenment into for your senior brother. Let me see whether you truly have talent in the sword dao."
He refused to believe it.
That Ye Ping had truly attained enlightenment into four hundred Sword Moves.
If Ye Ping really had comprehended four hundred Sword Moves.
He would swallow this sword on the spot, scabbard and all.
Taking the treasure sword.
Ye Ping felt a little embarrassed.
This felt rather awkward.
If he had not known Su Changyu was a peerless Sword Immortal, he might have dared to do it. But now that he had guessed Su Changyu was a Peerless Expert, asking him to display his Sword Moves before him—
Was that not wielding a broadsword before Guan Gong?
But after thinking it over, Ye Ping felt it was nothing much. He would have to try sooner or later; surely he could not spend his entire life merely attaining enlightenment?
With that thought, Ye Ping could not help taking a deep breath.
Meanwhile, Su Changyu silently retreated twenty paces, afraid that blades had no eyes.
"I ask Eldest Senior Brother for guidance."
Ye Ping took a deep breath, then drew the treasure sword.
Clang!
The sword left its scabbard.
The next moment, Ye Ping's entire aura abruptly changed.
In an instant, Ye Ping gathered every shred of his focus. Four hundred Sword Moves surfaced in his mind one after another.
Not far away, Su Changyu was somewhat surprised. Ye Ping's bearing truly did have that certain feel to it.
But he still did not believe Ye Ping had attained enlightenment into four hundred Sword Moves.
Clang.
The Sword Moves emerged.
Ye Ping thrust out his sword, then began to evolve the sword technique within his mind.
"The Four Thunder Sword Technique?"
Su Changyu's eyes widened as he looked at Ye Ping in surprise.
The moment Ye Ping made his move, Su Changyu knew it was the Four Thunder Sword Technique.
How could he fail to recognize the sword technique he had cultivated for ten years?
Not far away.
Once Ye Ping unleashed the first move, he completely entered his rhythm.
His swordsmanship was exceedingly fast and flowed like clouds and running water, more than ten times faster than Su Changyu's.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Ping had already performed the thirty-sixth move.
This left Su Changyu utterly stunned.
After all, he had cultivated for ten years and only comprehended the eighteenth move, reaching Initial Comprehension of the Spring Thunder Sword.
Yet Ye Ping had reached the thirty-sixth move in the blink of an eye. This was simply unbelievable.
But something even more unbelievable came afterward.
Not far away.
Ye Ping's Sword Moves grew faster and faster, fiercer and fiercer, dazzling the eye.
Until Ye Ping performed the one hundred and eighth move.
In an instant, thunder rumbled.
Boom.
Thunder rang out.
In that moment, Su Changyu was completely shocked.
His mind went blank.
He stood frozen where he was, so stunned he could barely breathe.
Thundercry!
Thundercry!
Thundercry!
This was Thundercry!
Within the Four Thunder Sword Technique, each complete set of swordsmanship would produce a Thundercry.
If one possessed spiritual energy, one could draw down lightning to kill enemies. Without magical power, one could still produce the sound of thunder, strengthening the sword's might.
But to produce Thundercry, one had to at least reach the realm of major mastery and perfection.
Su Changyu's lifelong dream had been to cultivate the Four Thunder Sword Technique to the realm of major mastery and perfection.
Yet he had never expected that his junior brother would cultivate the Spring Thunder Sword to major mastery and perfection in a single day.
Impossible!
Impossible!
This was impossible!
Su Changyu appeared incomparably calm on the surface, but within, rivers and seas had overturned, waves soaring ten thousand fathoms high.
Yet after merely five breaths—just one minute.
Another clap of thunder sounded.
Su Changyu was stunned once more.
This was the mark of the Summer Thunder Sword Technique reaching major mastery and perfection.
Another five breaths passed.
Another Thundercry rang out.
This was the mark of the Autumn Thunder Sword Technique reaching major mastery and perfection.
It was then that.
Ye Ping's swordsmanship became even faster.
His swordsmanship was like a violent storm. This was the final set of the Four Thunder Sword Technique.
The Winter Thunder Sword Technique.
It was also the strongest killing move.
Winter descended, and all things withered.
Previously, Ye Ping had only attained enlightenment into four hundred Sword Moves.
Yet now, Su Changyu's Sword Mark surfaced in Ye Ping's mind once more.
All of a sudden, thirty-two additional Sword Moves appeared in his mind.
A total of four hundred and thirty-two Sword Moves.
Ye Ping closed his eyes.
At this moment, he moved as one with the sword.
His Sword Momentum was ferocious.
His swordsmanship was unbelievably fast.
He unleashed the final thirty-two Sword Moves.
Rumble.
A Thundercry immediately sounded.
Deafening.
Ten meters away, a massive boulder several meters tall split directly into four pieces.
Su Changyu's gaze was vacant.
He was completely dumbstruck.
Because Ye Ping had not only performed the Four Thunder Sword Technique to major mastery and perfection, but had also attained enlightenment into the Four Thunder Sword Intent.
This was simply monstrous.
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